Infection Control Department

Our primary role is to plan and implement infection prevention and control activities, including:

• developing and updating infection prevention and control guidelines
• delivering infection control training for staff
• Identifying and monitoring healthcare-associated infections
• detecting and managing outbreaks in collaboration with hospital departments
• providing hygiene advice and oversight across the hospital
• monitoring antibiotic use
• developing and overseeing antimicrobial stewardship strategies in partnership with the pharmacy and microbiology laboratory
• monitoring multidrug-resistant organisms in collaboration with the microbiology laboratory
• providing specialist consultation with an infection prevention and control physician