Hospital Infection Control

The CME was conducted by the Department of Microbiology, BGS GIMS, on 22 nd March 2019.

The scientific sessions were inaugurated by Dr M E Mohan (Principal, BGS GIMS), Dr Ragini (Professor & Head, Department of Microbiology) and the invited guests. The experts in the field of Microbiology were the invited speakers.

The topics included “Need for HICC in Tertiary care Hospital” by Dr. H Srinivasa, “Hand hygiene” by Dr. J Jayalakshmi, “Antibiotic Policy” by Dr.R Sukanya, “HICC – An experience from Public sector hospitals” by Dr. Ambica R, “BMW – 2018 Guidelines” by Dr. Veena Manjunath and “OT surveillance” by Dr. S Manoj Karthik.

The sessions were chaired by Dr.Manjunath, Dr. Srikanth Kulkarni, Dr. Kalpana, Dr. Kiran M S, Dr. Ramesh M and Dr.Ambrish Sharma.

The delegates found the CME programme relevant and useful.