14ab1 t0014 infection control committee and research & ethics committee
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The document discusses two committees - the Infection Control Committee and the Research & Ethics Committee. The Infection Control Committee monitors infection prevention programs and policies to reduce nosocomial infections. It is composed of hospital administrators, clinicians, and cleaning staff. The Research & Ethics Committee reviews all research studies involving human participants to ensure ethical standards are followed and participants are protected. It is composed of medical, legal, and community experts. Both committees work to improve healthcare quality and safeguard patient safety through education and oversight of their respective areas.
14ab1 t0014 infection control committee and research & ethics committee
- 1. INFECTION CONTROL COMMITTEE AND RESEARCH & ETHIC COMMITTEE SUBMITTED BY: L.DIVYA BHARGAVI 14AB1T0014
- 2. INFECTION CONTROL COMMITTEE AND RESEARCH & ETHICS COMMITTEE SUBMITTED BY: L.DIVYA BHARGAVI 14AB1T0014
- 3. CONTENTS Infection control committee • Objectives • Composition • Functions • Responsibilities Research & ethics committee • Importance of the committee • Composition • responsibilities
- 4. INFECTION CONTROL COMMITTEE • It is a multidisciplinary committee responsible for monitoring programme policies information implementation and recommend corrective actions. • A hospital can appoint an epidemiologist or infectious disease specialist or microbiologist to work as an infection control physician. OBJECTIVES • The objectives of infection control committee is to understand the: • Basic infection control concept • Causes of nosocomial infections • Components of the infection control programmes • How an infection control committee can decrease the incidence of antimicrobial resistance.
- 5. COMPOSITION • A chairperson- hospital director • A chief infection control team- microbiology department • A chief of all clinical departments • A chief nurse • Head of the maintenance and cleaning department • Director of Central Sterile Supply department FUNCTIONS • Education & orientation programmes for professional staff • Management of visitors in isolation circumstances • Establishment & supervision of infection control team • To maintain standard for hospital, domestic, cleaning & food services & hygienic conditions
- 6. RESPONSIBILITIES • Ensure to advice on infection prevention • Formulating an infection prevention & control programmes with health professionals • Distribute the policies to relevant areas & initiate their implementation by support, advice & education. • Participate in the planning & upgrading of hospital facilities
- 7. RESEARCH & ETHICS COMMITTEE • An ethics committee is a committee firmly designed to review & approve the institution of clinical research study involving human participants and to provide continue review of research study. • Research and ethics committee is also called as independent ethical committee IMPORTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE • No trail is conducted without the approval from the ethics committee, every step needs to be approved • No permission for admission without review of ethical committee • To review the appropriate clinical protocol as well as the risks & benefits of the study participants.
- 8. COMPOSITION • Members should fairly 8-12 members • A chairperson- should be from out of the institution • 1-2 members from the basic medical science area • 1-2 clinicians of various institutions • One legal expert or retired judge • One social scientist / representative of non-governmental volunteer agency • One philanthropist / ethist • One lay person from the community • A member of secretory- should be from the same institution
- 9. RESPONSIBILITIES • To protect the dignity, rights & wellbeing of the subjects • To assure the universal ethics values & international scientific standards are expressed in terms of local community values • To assist & develop education of research community response to the local area requirements
- 10. REFERENCES Dr. Ramesh. K. Goyal, Dr. R. K. Parikh, Dr. Mayur M. Patel- A textbook of hospital pharmacy- page no :82-88 www.slideshare.net
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