Abdul Ghafur, member, National Antibiotic and Infection Control Policy Technical Advisory Committee, told The Hindu that creating awareness about community sanitation was important. As a long-term measure to avoid recurrence of a similar situation, Dr. Ghafur said, infection control mechanisms in private and public hospitals should be stepped up. He was part of a team that assisted the Health Department in detecting the outbreak of the Nipah virus infection and putting in place guidelines for treatment and ongoing surveillance measures. National policyDr. Ghafur, adjunct professor, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, said it was high time Kerala implemented the national policy on antibiotic usage and infection control measures. Healthcare workers should take proper precautionary measures so that they do not stand a chance of acquiring and transmitting viral or bacterial infection.
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