To keep abreast of all infections that occur in the hospital, infection control practitioners set up surveillance programs.These surveillance programs look at which parameter to determine if there are more or fewer infections in a given period?

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Antimicrobial susceptibility reports inform practitioners about the organisms that are resistant to particular drugs.They do not address the number of infections in a health care facility.Handwashing is an important part of preventing the spread of pathogens, but there is no one who goes around and counts the number of times someone washes his or her hands.So this is not a parameter.Glove usage is assumed to be 100%, and it does not tell the practitioner how many infections were in the health care setting.

To Keep Abreast of All Infections That Occur in the Hospital