Comprehensive Plan for the Prevention and Control of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Overview
- Operation of the Korean National Healthcare-associated Infections Surveillance System (KONIS) to identify the current status of healthcare-associated infections in Korea and provide a basis for establishing prevention and control measures
Main Contents
- (Project target) Hospital-level medical institutions under Article 3 of the Medical Service Act
- (Project details) Operation of major healthcare-associated infection surveillance systems and quality management
- (Surveillance system) Operation of seven surveillance modules by target in hospital-level medical institutions
- (Expansion of surveillance in vulnerable medical institutions) Expansion of participation and targets for surveillance in long-term care hospitals, which are vulnerable in the area of infection control, and promotion of the introduction of additional surveillance indicators for dental and Korean medicine hospitals
- (Quality management of surveillance data) To ensure the reliability of surveillance data, validity assessments are conducted through site visits by external investigators and reviews of medical records.