Infection Control Practices
Infection control practices are critical to reduce the transmission of infections from one person to another, such as from a healthcare worker to a patient or vice versa. See:
What is Infection Control?
In health care and public health practice settings, infection control includes various measures that prevent and contain the spread of infectious disease. These measures include:
- Hand Washing
- Infection control standard, contact, droplet and airborne precautions
- Procedures for decontamination of persons and disinfection of equipment and the environment
- Quarantine of contacts (if necessary)
- Prophylaxis of exposed individuals
- Control of the vectors of infection