Epidemiology of Infection, Hospital Infection Prevention and Control Program
Sharurah Armed Forces Hospita, Jordan
Biography:
Recent COVID-19 pandemic express the need for active infection prevention and control program to prevent, identify and manage outbreaks resulted from respiratory viruses. The published study by the international journal of environmental research and public health showed that, the SARS-CoV-2 hospital-acquired infection rate is 12–15%. With lacking of significant data for the mortality rates the appearance of new variants of SARS.cov2 adding extra challenges on healthcare systems to implement effective infection prevention.
Subjects of specialization: SARS.cov2