HASTANE ENFEKSİYONLARI KONTROL KOMİTELERİNDE CERRAHIN ROLÜ
Mufide Nuran Akcay1, Ayten Kadanalı2, Gurkan Ozturk31Ataturk University Faculty Of Medicine, Department Of Surgery, Erzurum, Turkey 2Ataturk University Faculty Of Medicine, Department Of Infectious Diseases, Erzurum, Turkey 3Ataturk University Faculty Of Medicine, Department Of Surgery, Erzurum, Turkey,
ROLE OF THE SURGEON IN THE HOSPITAL INFECTIONS CONTROL COMMITTEES
Mufide Nuran Akcay1, Ayten Kadanalı2, Gurkan Ozturk31Ataturk University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Erzurum, Turkey 2Ataturk University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Erzurum, Turkey 3Ataturk University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Erzurum, Turkey,
Hospital-acquired infections are the ones that develop within hospital stay or appear after discharge. These infections are associated with an increased rate of morbidity and mortality, longer hospital stay and higher hospital costs and Hospital Infections Control Committees have been founded to prevent it. In this review, we intended to investigate the role of the surgeon in this committee.
Keywords: Hospital Infection Control Commitee, surgeon