Infection Prevention and Control Specialist

· Doing clinical and environmental daily rounds, respond to consultations, provide education and training.

· Conduct surveillance activity& follow the patients under surveillance from admission to discharge.

· Doing laboratory rounds to collect positive microbiology and serology results, discuss the results with the attending physician or his resident, and may advice isolation.

· Make audits and write MEMO on infection control performance and violations in both patient and non-patient care areas.

· Provides orientation and education about infection prevention and control.

Conducts epidemiological surveillance programs in departments and areas related to patient care –activities and investigates clusters / epidemics of infections.

. Helps to develop infection control policies and procedures in collaboration with hospital departments.

. Provides professional consultation and assistance in infection control to the medical staff and the non-medical staff.

. Participates in developing and implementing policies relating to employee health.

. Performs related duties as assigned by the infection control committee