Preventing the risk of infection
The “Centre de Cancérologie de la Porte de Saint-Cloud” places great emphasis on implementing any action that prevents the risk of infection, especially nosocomial infections.
Even though it is not always possible to avoid the transmission of such infections, it is absolutely possible to limit their frequency and gravity.
What is a nosocomial infection?
A nosocomial infection is one that is contracted within a healthcare establishment.
Generally speaking, if the infection appears in less than 48 hours after admission, then the infection was in incubation at the time of admission and was not contracted in the healthcare establishment. This is not, therefore, a nosocomial infection.
However, if the infection develops within 30 days after leaving the healthcare establishment, the infection may be nosocomial.
Different types of nosocomial infection
Two types of nosocomial infection can be distinguished according to the way in which it was transmitted:
- Endogenous origin: the patient is infected by his/her own germs during certain treatments (surgery, urinary catheterization, artificial respiration, etc.). This is referred to as self-infection.
- Exogenous origin: the patient is infected by germs from other people (nursing staff, another patient or visitors) or the surrounding environment. This is referred to as cross-infection.
Preventing the risk of infection
Despite the thorough and meticulous work carried out by our nursing teams and core efforts made by our establishment, zero risk does not exist.
So our Center makes prevention of risk infection its priority and this is especially manifested through the work done by our Committee to Control Hospital-Acquired Infections (CLIN) and the presence of our Operational Hygiene Team (EOH).
The role of the Committee to Control Hospital-Acquired Infections (CLIN)
In addition to compliance with hygiene and sterilization precautions and control of the patient’s environment, CLIN’s policy has several established objectives:
- Strict and regular surveillance of the establishment ;
- Protocols for all aspects of health care management;
- An Operational Hygiene Team (EOH);
- A policy of screening for multi-resistant bacteria;
- Raising professionals’ awareness of the risk of infection.
As in all health establishments, this policy gives rise to indicators that you can consult.
The Center works in a network with the related supervision to update recommendations and share innovations.
