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Infection Control in a Country with Annual Inflation of 3,600%

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sergio B. Wey
Sergio B. Wey*
Affiliation:
Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo, Brazil
*
Infectious Diseases Division, Rua Botucatu 723, São Paulo, SP, BrasilCEP:O4023
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Abstract

The economic crisis that has been seen worldwide affects developing countries such as Brazil even more severely. Worsening budget shortfalls for the healthcare system progressively threaten patient care. Infection control programs also are affected, and basic preventive policies are not implemented. Infection control practitioners face lack of equipment and poor microbiological support. In contrast, the motivation of the infection control people can be maintained through training courses, conferences, and meetings. Administrative support may be the most important single factor determining success in decreasing the infection control rate and should be (but is not always) provided, given that several infection control measures are cost effective.

Type
Global Aspects of Infection Control: Part II
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , March 1995 , pp. 175 - 178
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1995

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