Abstract
Tuberculosis Infection Control Project Management Experience and Its Application in COVID-19 Response.
Highlights
The outbreak of COVID-19 resulted in many infections, including patients in health care settings [1]
Surveys showed that the TB infection prevention and control (IPC) status in health care centers were poor resulted from absence of policy support, unreasonable environmental layout, insufficiency of IPC knowledge, shortage of protective appliances [2]
Daily material and equipment meetings are held to discuss the availability of personal protective equipment (PPE), in particular respirators, which give priority to frontline health care workers (HCWs) in isolation areas
Summary
The outbreak of COVID-19 resulted in many infections, including patients in health care settings [1]. A set of systematic and comprehensive nosocomial infection control policies is necessary to control infectious sources, block transmission, and protect people at risk in health care settings. Surveys showed that the TB infection prevention and control (IPC) status in health care centers were poor resulted from absence of policy support, unreasonable environmental layout, insufficiency of IPC knowledge, shortage of protective appliances [2]. In order to improve IPC work based on the strengthened knowledge and skill of staff, a set of IPC activities were designed and conducted in a collaborated project named Building and Strengthening Infections Control Strategies for TB (TB BASICS), developed by China CDC and US CDC. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, CPHMC improved its COVID-19 epidemic response by using the experience and lessons learned from implementing this infection control project, to reach the goal of zero infections among healthcare staff who were battling COVID-19 in frontline
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