Infection control for safety and quality

Health care-associated infections can be painful, potentially blinding, and even life threatening. Infection prevention and control is therefore a vital part of caring for the patients. The multidisciplinary nature of the infection control committee is an important reminder that everyone has a responsibility to reduce health care-associated infections and prevent harm to patients. This is particularly important with the emergence of antimicrobial resistance, as health care-associated infections are more likely to be multi-drug resistant and therefore difficult to treat. Hopefully, one of the lessons that will come out of the COVID-19 pandemic will be to pay more heed to routine infection prevention and control hygiene measures.