From Prevention to Care: The Crucial Role of Physicians, Nursing, Laboratory Services, Health Administration, and Emergency Medical Services in Infection Control

Abstract

Introduction: Infection prevention and control is an important component of healthcare delivery that seeks to prevent and contain spread of infectious diseases in healthcare facilities. Infection control interventions involvecollaboration of physicians, nurses, laboratory, health administrative and the emergency medical services. All the professions provide different skills and knowledge required in the early detection, control and handling of infections within health care settings.