[Present situation and problems of nosocomial infection].
Nosocomial Infection goes against treatments, causing unfavorable effects on the patients, such as death, delay of job comeback and increase of expenses. The rapid progress of medical treatment has been saving many lives, however, the number of infected patients has also increased and due to the aging of the society, the number is growing. As a result, we see an increasing tendency of opportunistic infections by weak toxic pathogens lately. Persons and things in hospitals are increasingly becoming the key to elucidate pathogens and route of nosocomial infections. Especially MRSA, a normal flora, is a matter of all the people related to the hospitals, therefore, all the doctors, nurses and the other medical staffs have to deal with the problem. In many medical facilities, a committee for control of nosocomial infection is established to take counter measures to prevent the infection. In this symposium, present situation and problems of nosocomial infection were discussed from each point of view. As a result, the most important thing and the first step to deal with this problem is a routine washing of hands.
Saito
A
A
College of Medical Technology, Hokkaido Univ.
Kurokawa
I
I
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans