Govt issues advisory for managing health care workers in hospitals

The nodal officer will ensure that health care workers in different settings of hospital shall use PPEs appropriate to their risk profile as detailed in the guidelines issued by ministry

The Union health ministry on Friday issued guidelines on measures to be adopted by healthcare workers deployed in covid and non-covid areas of hospitals.

According to the advisory, the ministry asked healthcare facilities to activate their Hospital Infection Control Committee (HICC), which is responsible for implementing the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) activities and organizing regular training on IPC for its workers.

A Nodal Officer (Infection Control Officer) shall be identified by each hospital to address all matters related to Healthcare-Associated Infections(HAIs), it said.

With reference to preventing such infections among healthcare workers, the nodal officer will ensure that healthcare