A Comprehensive Study on Common Infectious Diseases in Particular Hospital - Acquired Infections in Any Healthcare Facility - An Analysis

Abstract

Healthcare Facility Associated/Acquired infections are one of the biggest challenges that healthcare providers face in the patients safety, quality care. These healthcare associated infections acquired during stay in the healthcare facility especially in intensive care units, critical care units, neonatal care units are more compared to other areas of the healthcare facility. Hence it is obligatory on the part of the healthcare professionals and providers to follow the Disinfectant Programs strictly and also the hygienic conditions and guidelines imparted by the healthcare providers as self regulated guidelines in accordance with the facility i.e. in question. Of these, frequent hand washing remains the single most important in infection control program. However identifying mechanisms to ensure compliance of healthcare professionals, Para medical staff remains a perplexing problem. The covid-19 pandemic has given a big lesson for the healthcare providers in strictly following healthcare facility infection control that have surfaced during this Pandemic period. Gloves, Gowns, PPE Kits, masks have played a major role in preventing infections and maintaining physical distance in preventing infections caused due to contacts. In this article, an honest attempt is made in identifying the healthcare facility infections, their symptoms, cause of infections, and remedial measures that are to be followed not only by the healthcare professionals, Para medical staff, providers but the patients and the visitors. These infections place havoc in increasing procedural costs to the patients extra stay than the normal procedural stay in the facility, use of heavy antibiotics that causes loss of immunity in the patient and thereby prolong the recovery time. These infections that are contracted during healthcare facility stay in addition to the above losses the patient lose his/her earnings if he/she is an earning person and at times if the infection is severe and any permanent disablement will lose his/her earnings, finally death will jeopardize the families existence. The regulatory authorities like World Health Organization, NABH in India, JCI, National guidelines for infection, prevention and control in healthcare facilty’s (NGIPCHC) etc are playing an important role not only in the preparation of guidelines but also to improvise them with the help of statistical material that are being collected from time to time. Whatever may be regulatory authorities’ guidelines people associated with the healthcare and the patients should maintan personal hygienic, frequent handwashing and maintaining physical distance is more and more important.