Facilities and construction in hospitals for infection control

Joong Sik Eom

doi:10.5124/jkma.2018.61.1.36

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Eom: Facilities and construction in hospitals for infection control

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Healthcare-associated infection control

Journal of the Korean Medical Association 2018; 61(1): 36-42.

Published online: January 17, 2018

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2018.61.1.36

Facilities and construction in hospitals for infection control

Joong Sik Eom, MD

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.

Corresponding author: Joong Sik Eom. helppl@gachon.ac.kr

Received November 26, 2017 Accepted December 10, 2017

Korean Medical Association

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Abstract

After the Korean outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome in 2015, a consensus emerged building facilities and making construction standard, which are related to infection control in hospitals and other medical institutions. To address this need, the Korean government announced a partial revision of the Medical Enforcement Decree on February 3, 2017. In this study, I consider reports regarding the construction of medical facilities for infection control and the experiences of various institutions with such construction programs and make further suggestions to complement the revision of the Medical Enforcement Decree.

Infection control; Facilities; Construction

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Appendices

Appendix 1

Summary of facilities standards revision of Medical Enforcement Decree