英文摘要 |
The epidemic potential of emerging infectious diseases is threatening human life and thereby creating the urgent need for the development of related control and protection measures. In the post-SARS era, it is important to strengthen the relationship between medical systems and community through guidance of joint participation. Under the trend of cross-border epidemic prevention, enhancement of the effectiveness of community disease prevention has been an important public health policy direction for medical centers in Taiwan for community care and health dissemination. Control of community-acquired infections was an important item of the hospital-infection-control operation, which was included in the new hospital accreditation system. In 2007, the infection-control nurses at our hospital formed an interdisciplinary team to plan a prevention program for community-acquired infections. We visited the community leaders and explained the purpose and content of this program. Local prevention network was gradually formed through initial participation and learning by community people and local elderly population. The implementation strategy has 3 major dimensions: conducting training programs for volunteer service team for the prevention of community-acquired infectious diseases and setting up consultant network and education program for prevention of these diseases. After 2 years of implementation of this strategy, 65 volunteers were trained, 6 community contact sites were established, and the website for community-acquired infectious diseases prevention was accessed over 130000 times. The average satisfaction rate for the lecture course and promotional activities was over 80%. The results of our study showed 45% increase in the willingness for community participation, hospital commitment, accuracy of the concept of infectious disease prevention, attention to cleaning environment, and participation in infectious disease prevention activities. The prevention activities for community-acquired infections have received considerable support and approval. In addition, people of the community believe that the staff at our hospital can, with dedication, maintain the network of local community infectious diseases prevention. Infection-control nurses have served as the best consultants for healthcare-associated infection control and community-acquired infectious disease prevention. |