Nosocomial infection control in Thailand.
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Nosocomial Infection Control in Thailand Somwang Danchaivijitr Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand. Nosocomial infections (N.I.) are one of the most important but neglected health problems in all countries including Thailand. An international survey in 1983 revealed a prevalence rate of 8.4 per cent. In Thailand, the N.I. control started in 1971 in one of then newly built university hospital. In 1982, training programmes on N.!. control were introduced into the Ministry of Public Health. These were hampered by the shortage of manpower and budgets. Four years later, the Nosocomial infection Control Group of Thailand was estab lished. By the co-operation of members and the financial support by private companies, a national survey on N.!. was conducted in 1988. It showed a prevalence rate of 11.7 per cent. Since then, campaigns against N.!. have been launched, guidelines have been distributed and an annual national meeting on N.!. control has been organized. A similar study was repeated in 1992, which revealed a prevalence rate of7.3 per cent, a reduction of4.4 per cent. The success was attributed to the contribution of members of the Group and the encouragement by the administrators. Furthermore, the N.I. control has been officially introduced into Siriraj Hospital, the first such official job in hospitals in Thailand. It is optimistic that such development be spread to other hospitals in the country in the near future. (J Infect Dis Antimicrob Agents 1993;10:49-51) I
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet
دوره 71 Suppl 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1988