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Volume 5, Issue 3 (Suppl)
Occup Med Health Aff, an open access journal
ISSN:2329-6879
Occupational Health-2017
September 13-14, 2017
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September 13-14, 2017 | Dallas, USA
Occupational Health & Safety
6
th
International Conference and Exhibition on
Occup Med Health Aff 2017, 5:3 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2329-6879-C1-035
Work place health and safety/occupational diseases/occupational health services
Muhammad Wasif Rashid Chaudhary
Ahalia Hospital, UAE
H
ealthcare champions role to prevent and control infections in healthcare facilities by using advance strategies and to decrease
transmission of infectious diseases from healthcare workers to patients and vice versa is very crucial. We will understand why
hand hygiene, isolation precaution and correct use of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the patient care are important, to
reduce healthcare associated infections and Occupational health hazards. We shall share how to reduce needle stick injuries by using
FOCUS-PDCA Model in healthcare workers. We shall discuss about post exposure Interventions to infectious disease in healthcare
field and how to prevent and treat employee and will share guidelines for work restrictions to employees suffering from infectious
diseases like Meningococcal Meningitidis, HAV, HBV, HCV, HIV, MDRO, RSV, Varicella, TB and Influenza. According to centers for
disease control and prevention (CDC), in 2014, results of a project known as the HAI Prevalence Survey were published. The Survey
described the burden of HAIs in US hospitals, and announced that, in 2011, there were an expected 722,000 HAIs in US acute care
hospitals. Additionally, about 75,000 patients with HAIs died during their hospitalizations.
drwasifch@yahoo.co.uk