A Comprehensive Strategy for Infection Prevention: Contributions from Optometry, Dentistry, Laboratory, Public Health, and Nursing

Abstract

Infection prevention is important to ensure safety for patients and control healthcare-associated infections. Distinctive roles that optometry, dentistry, laboratory sciences, public health, and nursing play in providing appropriate infection control measures include evidence-based practices such as rigid disinfection protocols, patient education, and surveillance and stewardship programs. Consideration of the professions has a very important role to play in the fighting of the emergence of multi-drug resistant pathogens besides improving outcomes for the patient by collaboration. The contribution by each of the disciplines in infection prevention is revised, stating the importance that exists in interdisciplinary collaboration in the promotion of a much safer environment for healthcare delivery.