Legal basis: Measures for the Administration of Hospital Infection
Article 5 Medical institutions of all levels and types shall establish a responsibility system for hospital infection management, formulate and implement rules and regulations and work norms for hospital infection management, strictly implement relevant technical operation norms and work standards, effectively prevent and control hospital infection, and prevent the spread of infectious disease pathogens, drug-resistant bacteria, conditional pathogenic bacteria and other pathogenic microorganisms. Sixth hospital beds 100 above the hospital shall set up a hospital infection management committee and an independent hospital infection management department. Hospitals with the total number of inpatient beds below 100 should designate departments to be responsible for hospital infection management. Other medical institutions should have full-time (part-time) staff engaged in hospital infection management. Article 7 The Hospital Infection Management Committee is composed of the principals of the hospital infection management department, medical department, nursing department, clinical department, disinfection supply room, operating room, clinical laboratory, pharmaceutical affairs management department, equipment management department, logistics management department and other relevant departments, with the director of the hospital or the vice president in charge of medical work as the chairman. The responsibilities of the Hospital Infection Management Committee are: (1) Seriously implement the laws, regulations, technical specifications and standards related to hospital infection management, formulate rules and regulations for preventing and controlling hospital infection in our hospital, and supervise the implementation; (two) according to the requirements of preventing hospital infection and health, the basic standards, basic facilities and workflow of architectural design and key department construction in our hospital are reviewed and opinions are put forward; (three) to study and determine the hospital infection management work plan, and to assess and evaluate the implementation of the plan; (four) to study and determine the key departments, key links, key processes, risk factors and intervention measures of nosocomial infection in our hospital, and to clarify the responsibilities of relevant departments and personnel in preventing and controlling nosocomial infection; (five) to study and formulate the control plan for the outbreak of nosocomial infection and the occurrence of unexplained infectious diseases or special pathogen infection cases in our hospital; (6) Establish a meeting system to regularly study, coordinate and solve problems related to hospital infection management; (seven) according to the characteristics of pathogenic bacteria in our hospital and the current situation of drug resistance, cooperate with the Pharmaceutical Affairs Management Committee to put forward guiding opinions on the rational use of antibacterial drugs; (eight) other important matters related to hospital infection management. Article 9 The Ministry of Health shall set up an expert group on the prevention and control of hospital infection, which is composed of experts in hospital infection management, disease control, epidemiology, clinical examination, epidemiology, disinfection, clinical pharmacy and nursing. The main responsibilities are:
(a) to study and draft technical standards and norms for the prevention and control of nosocomial infection and the diagnosis of nosocomial infection;
(two) to provide professional guidance for the prevention and control of hospital infection in the country;
(3) To investigate and analyze the occurrence and risk factors of hospital infection in China;
(four) to investigate the major hospital infection incidents in China and provide professional guidance;
(five) to complete other tasks assigned by the Ministry of health.