The role of hospital epidemiology specialists in preventing healthcare-associated infections: World experience and current trends


Briko N.I., Zueva L.P., Lyubimova A.V., Aslanov B.I., Goncharov A.E.

1I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia; 2I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
The paper analyzes published data on the role of hospital epidemiology specialists in different countries of the world and their professional status. It gives world experience in preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) with the participation of infection control professionals. The competences of the latter, which are necessary for effective work, are presented. The status of this issue in Russia is discussed.There is evidence for the leading role of hospital epidemiologists in preventing HAIs and for the need to harmonize the existing Russian normative documents in this area with international recommendations.
Keywords: infection control specialist, hospital epidemiologist, healthcare-associated infections
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About the Autors

For correspondence: Ludmila P. Zueva, е-mail: uzueva@mail.ru


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