2020 Volume 35 Issue 6 Pages 241-246
In this study, we conducted a questionnaire survey on infection control at Niigata City General Hospital and with five cooperation hospitals to assess the impact of improvement in infection control performance by cooperation between local healthcare facilities. Additionally, the amount of alcohol-based hand rub and the isolation rate of antimicrobial resistance were investigated. After cooperation between local healthcare facilities in infection control, the amount of alcohol-based hand rub was significantly increased (6.72 vs. 9.52 L/1000 patient-days, P = 0.03), and the number of hospitals that get rewards for infection control was also increased, and the system and activities of the infection control team were strengthened. In addition, isolation rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and multi-drug-resistant Psudomonas aeruginosa tended to decrease in 2016 compared with in 2014. Our study suggested that cooperation between local healthcare facilities enhanced infection control activities, increased consumption of alcohol-based hand rub, and thus decreased antimicrobial resistance.
