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We are an international scientific community that works interactively through a network aiming at reducing healthcare-associated infections. |
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| OBJECTIVES |
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To create a global network in order to join efforts to reduce healthcare-associated infections, their attributable mortality, bacterial resistance, length of hospital stay, and extra cost. |
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To standardize healthcare-associated infection surveillance definitions and methodology. |
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To collaborate in the development, adaptation, promotion and edition of local guidelines for the control and prevention of healthcare-associated infections. |
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To enhance safety and quality of health care in every healthcare facility. |
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To optimize antimicrobial use for prophylaxis or treatment. |
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To stimulate, support, guide and advise on the development of research projects aimed at reducing healthcare-associated infections. |
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To train healthcare workers in order to improve their skills for scientific research. |
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To foster relevant scientific evidence-based literature for the surveillance, prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections. |
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To design and coordinate scientific research studies in order to analyze the clinical and cost effectiveness of proved or new infection control interventions. |
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| VALUES |
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We consider heathcare-associated infections pose a global problem that requires the attention of the international scientific community. |
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We consider infection control is feasible on the basis of evidence-based medicine, heeding regional diversity, educating and providing the medical community with enlightening information, providing tools eligible for systematic measurement, control and prevention. |
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We consider healthcare safety and quality are inalienable rights of the patient and the patient’s environment that cannot be violated nor ignored. |
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We consider extra costs attributable to extra length of hospital stay and consumption are avoidable, and therefore, public and hospital policies should assume responsibility for them. |
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We trust the promotion of scientific research to find effective and legitimate answers. |
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| VISION |
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A society with the minimum incidence of healthcare-associated infections,A society that recognizes the legitimate right of a hospitalized patient to be delivered safe health care,A society in which the scientific and medical community works for the safeguard of good infection control and surveillance practices. |
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