[Multi-drug resistant organisms are important issues in preventing healthcare-associated infections. Introduction].
Multi-drug-resistant organisms are important issues in preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs); however, severe infection control in a hospital or healthcare facility cannot reduce HAIs. A surveillance system to detect multi-drug-resistant organisms is necessary in a prefecture or broader area including many healthcare facilities. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan proposed to survey HAIs and multi-drug-resistant organisms in a region, and supported this surveillance by newly adding insurance points for regional infection control; however, definite actions were not presented and various trials have been attempted. In this symposium, several trials to survey multi-drug-resistant organisms in various regions were presented, and we searched for clues to prevent multi-drug-resistant organism infection.
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan. thondat@shinshu-u.ac.jp
Takayuki
T
Honda
Mituo
M
Kaku
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D006801:Humans