The document discusses two committees - the Infection Control Committee and the Research & Ethics Committee. The Infection Control Committee monitors infection prevention programs and policies to reduce nosocomial infections. It is composed of hospital administrators, clinicians, and cleaning staff. The Research & Ethics Committee reviews all research studies involving human participants to ensure ethical standards are followed and participants are protected. It is composed of medical, legal, and community experts. Both committees work to improve healthcare quality and safeguard patient safety through education and oversight of their respective areas.

1. INFECTION CONTROL COMMITTEE AND
RESEARCH & ETHIC COMMITTEE
SUBMITTED BY: L.DIVYA BHARGAVI
14AB1T0014

2. INFECTION CONTROL COMMITTEE
AND RESEARCH & ETHICS COMMITTEE
SUBMITTED BY: L.DIVYA BHARGAVI
14AB1T0014

3. CONTENTS
 Infection control committee
• Objectives
• Composition
• Functions
• Responsibilities
 Research & ethics committee
• Importance of the committee
• Composition
• responsibilities

4. INFECTION CONTROL COMMITTEE
• It is a multidisciplinary committee responsible for monitoring
programme policies information implementation and recommend
corrective actions.
• A hospital can appoint an epidemiologist or infectious disease specialist
or microbiologist to work as an infection control physician.
OBJECTIVES
• The objectives of infection control committee is to understand the:
• Basic infection control concept
• Causes of nosocomial infections
• Components of the infection control programmes
• How an infection control committee can decrease the incidence of
antimicrobial resistance.

5. COMPOSITION
• A chairperson- hospital director
• A chief infection control team- microbiology department
• A chief of all clinical departments
• A chief nurse
• Head of the maintenance and cleaning department
• Director of Central Sterile Supply department
FUNCTIONS
• Education & orientation programmes for professional staff
• Management of visitors in isolation circumstances
• Establishment & supervision of infection control team
• To maintain standard for hospital, domestic, cleaning & food
services & hygienic conditions

6. RESPONSIBILITIES
• Ensure to advice on infection prevention
• Formulating an infection prevention & control programmes
with health professionals
• Distribute the policies to relevant areas & initiate their
implementation by support, advice & education.
• Participate in the planning & upgrading of hospital facilities

7. RESEARCH & ETHICS COMMITTEE
• An ethics committee is a committee firmly designed to review &
approve the institution of clinical research study involving human
participants and to provide continue review of research study.
• Research and ethics committee is also called as independent ethical
committee
IMPORTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
• No trail is conducted without the approval from the ethics committee,
every step needs to be approved
• No permission for admission without review of ethical committee
• To review the appropriate clinical protocol as well as the risks &
benefits of the study participants.

8. COMPOSITION
• Members should fairly 8-12 members
• A chairperson- should be from out of the institution
• 1-2 members from the basic medical science area
• 1-2 clinicians of various institutions
• One legal expert or retired judge
• One social scientist / representative of non-governmental
volunteer agency
• One philanthropist / ethist
• One lay person from the community
• A member of secretory- should be from the same institution

9. RESPONSIBILITIES
• To protect the dignity, rights & wellbeing of the subjects
• To assure the universal ethics values & international scientific
standards are expressed in terms of local community values
• To assist & develop education of research community response
to the local area requirements

10. REFERENCES
 Dr. Ramesh. K. Goyal, Dr. R. K. Parikh, Dr. Mayur M. Patel-
A textbook of hospital pharmacy- page no :82-88
 www.slideshare.net

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