Healthcare-associated Infection Control on the Edge of a ‘Carrot-and-Stick’ and a ‘Crime-and-Punishment’ Frame
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https://jkms.org Nowadays in Korea, legal problems with healthcare-associated infection (HAI) are prosecuted under criminal law. And the doctors and nurses who are tied to this problem are summoned by the police as suspects. Their homes are subjected to domiciliary search and their possessions are confiscated. Moreover, even a bill is under way to forcibly close a hospital if a patient dies by carelessness of medical staff.
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