Infection Control Nurse

Role & responsibilities

• Environmental surveillance.
• Surveillance of air in OTs/ICUs
• To check for sterilization & dis-infection practices.
• In-use test of disinfectants
• Autoclave checks
• Water testing

1. Monitoring of infections based on culture positivity. Its purpose being to know the organisms causing infections in the hospital and to monitor the anti-microbial resistance. Tabulation of data is done for individual departments every month.
2. Continuous surveillance of infections for early detection of outbreak for which, appropriate control measures are undertaken.
3. Surveillance of any community outbreak viz. Dengue, meningitis, diphtheria, meningococcemia etc. to prevent spread within the hospital amongst HCW’s.
4. Staff health activities are carried out with the objectives:
• Educating personnel about the Principles of Infection Control and stressing individual responsibility for Infection Control.
• Collaborating with the infection control team in monitoring and investigating potentially harmful infectious exposures and outbreaks among personnel.
• Providing care to personnel for work related illnesses or exposures.
• Continuous training and on going education is carried out for freshly recruited residents, nurses and sanitation staff.
• Identifying work-related infection risks and instituting appropriate preventive measures.profile