THE CROSS INFECTION CONTROL IN A MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HOSPITAL IN CHINA

Abstract

Infection Control has far-reaching effects on ensuring patients’ safety and improving quality of care. In the past decades, the Chinese government did not invest adequate resources in the development of the general public hospital, thus the hospitals confronted huge financial pressure. An increasing number of medical-related accidents had occurred in these public hospitals. Subsequently, a growing number of public hospitals in China began to promote lifelong learning among nurses in order to improve the quality of the healthcare services and ensure patients’ safety. This paper will discuss the application of risk management in a hospital in China by using examples at hospital, ward and individual levels for the development of monitoring and prevention strategies.