Page 19 - policy and procedure infection control

Policies and Procedures on Infection Control

2.4 Types of Surveillance
1. National surveillance
2. Hospital – wide ( total) surveillance
3. Periodic surveillance
4. Prevalence studies
5. Targeted surveillance

National Surveillance

Type of Surveillance Methods

Targeted organisms : Results collected daily and submitted monthly to Quality
MRSA / ESBL in Medical Care section, MOH
(refer Appendix B for sample form)

Point Prevalence 1 day prevalence surveillance, hospital wide. Conducted
Study twice a year on the same day throughout the nation
(refer appendix C for sample form)
Needle stick injury Reported yearly during the National Infection and Antibiotic
Control Committee meeting.

Participated by all state hospitals, specialist hospitals, Universities hospitals (USM /
UKM / UM) and district hospitals providing microbiology cultures.

Hospital Surveillances

* Choice of types of surveillance depends on the requirements of the individual hospital
and must be agreed by the Hospital Infection and Antibiotic Control Committee members.

Type of Surveillance Methods

Total Surveillance  The most comprehensive surveillance method; it entails
collection of data for all infections in all hospitalized patients.

 Monthly infection rates are calculated to determine
overall hospital rates and rates by site, care unit, service,
pathogen, and surgical procedure.
 Advantage: this is useful for establishing baseline and
comparative data.

 Disadvantage: requires enormous amounts of time and
labor.

8 Ministry of Health Malaysia