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ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF NURSE
2. When the lab calls or when the results are traced, the nurse
must ensure the following :
• Inform the doctor
• Document accurately and completely
• Inform infection control nurse
• Practice contact precaution
3. Action by infection control nurse :
• Receive laboratory result
• Identify case and patient location
• Do ward rounds
• Verification from a doctor to determine the case of infection
or colonizer
• Practice contact precaution
4. Documentation and Reporting every month to :
-Hospital Director
- Head of Department
- Chief Matron / Area Matron
- Department of State Health
- Ministry of Health Malaysia
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