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[Nosocomial infections and infection control committee]. 1994

T Togashi

Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.

The problems of nosocomial infections include cross infections from the environments to patients in the wards and infections from virus-contaminated bloods into medical staffs by mainly needle stick injury. The infection control committees organized in Hokkaido University Hospital in 1981 for HBV infection, in 1992 for MRSA and HIV infections, provide adequate and urgent advice to all the medical staffs to prevent the spread of cross infections and to prevent the contaminations of blood-borne viruses. In this report, the present status of nosocomial infections especially the opportunistic infections in compromised hosts and the role of infection control committees were discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007564	Japan	A country in eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula. The capital is Tokyo.	Bonin Islands
D011367	Professional Staff Committees	Committees of professional personnel who have responsibility for determining policies, procedures, and controls related to professional matters in health facilities.	Committee, Professional Staff,Committees, Professional Staff,Professional Staff Committee,Staff Committee, Professional,Staff Committees, Professional
D003428	Cross Infection	Any infection which a patient contracts in a health-care institution.	Hospital Infections,Nosocomial Infections,Health Care Associated Infection,Health Care Associated Infections,Healthcare Associated Infections,Infection, Cross,Infections, Hospital,Infections, Nosocomial,Cross Infections,Healthcare Associated Infection,Hospital Infection,Infection, Healthcare Associated,Infection, Hospital,Infection, Nosocomial,Infections, Cross,Infections, Healthcare Associated,Nosocomial Infection
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016602	Needlestick Injuries	Penetrating stab wounds caused by needles. They are of special concern to health care workers since such injuries put them at risk for developing infectious disease.	Needle Stick,Needle-Stick,Needlestick,Sharps Injuries,Injuries, Needlestick,Needle-Stick Injuries,Needle-Sticks,Needlesticks,Injuries, Needle-Stick,Injuries, Sharps,Injury, Needle-Stick,Injury, Needlestick,Injury, Sharps,Needle Stick Injuries,Needle Sticks,Needle-Stick Injury,Needlestick Injury,Sharps Injury,Stick, Needle,Sticks, Needle
D016867	Immunocompromised Host	A human or animal whose immunologic mechanism is deficient because of an immunodeficiency disorder or other disease or as the result of the administration of immunosuppressive drugs or radiation.	Immunosuppressed Host,Immunocompromised Patient,Host, Immunocompromised,Host, Immunosuppressed,Hosts, Immunocompromised,Hosts, Immunosuppressed,Immunocompromised Hosts,Immunocompromised Patients,Immunosuppressed Hosts,Patient, Immunocompromised,Patients, Immunocompromised
D017053	Infection Control	Programs of disease surveillance, generally within health care facilities, designed to investigate, prevent, and control the spread of infections and their causative microorganisms.	Control, Infection