Abstract
The Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives for Health and Welfare in Hokkaido (Hokkaido Koseiren) has been implementing an project in support of the infection prevention and control efforts made by general hospitals under its wings, but its member clinics had not been supported because they had no certified infection control nurses. Some years ago, Hokkaido Koseiren made an infection control check list and distributed it to each clinic, only to find that. there was plenty of catching up to do in terms of attaining the objective of infection control by the clinics alone. It became clear that many clinics lacked sufficient knowledge and technique for infectious disease control, and that they did not share the information about infections among them. Continued support to the clinics has been making some improvement in infection control. We thought it necessary to hold workshops and meetings regularly so that they can share the information about infection control.
