INFECTIONS CONNECTED WITH RENDERING MEDICAL CARE. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION (Review lecture)
The problems of epidemiology and prevention of infections connected with rendering medical care (ICMC) in the framework of The National Prophylaxis Conception approved in November 2011 by Chief Sanitary Inspector of the Russian Federation are discussed in the lecture. This group of infections is defined, changes in terminology and classification of ICMC indicated in the conception for harmonization of native normative documents with international requirements are presented. Mechanisms of developing epidemic ICMC process at medical institutions of various profile, systems of preventive and antiepidemic measures and epidemiological inspection are considered from the point of view of the latest scientific achievements. Contribution of the Department of Epidemiology of PSAM named after Academician E. A. Wagner to development of theoretical and practical aspects of ICMC prevention is shown in the lecture.