The Infection Control Center is responsible for the following operations:

• Operations pertaining to the surveillance and the prevention of medical-carerelated infections
• Operations pertaining to response and control of medical-care-related infection outbreaks
• Education and training to prevent medical-care-related infections
• Collaboration with local medical institutions for infection control
• Promotion of antimicrobial stewardship



The Infection Control Center, in cooperation with the Department of Infection Control and Prevention and the Microbiology Laboratory, monitors the status of outbreaks of infectious diseases on a daily basis and promptly informs clinical sites when outbreaks occurs. In addition, the Center oversees and provides guidance on isolation measures. The Center conducts healthcare-associated surveillance to monitor the infection status, aiming for early detection and prevention of abnormalities. The Center also reports the status of infectious disease outbreak and important matters monthly to the Infection Control Committee as well as to each department in the hospital through the meeting of infection control pesonnel. Furthermore, current status of infectious disease outbreaks is always posted on the hospital’s website (SKAI), along with warnings and alerts on matters that should be made known. With weekly ICT rounds as the foundation of its activities, the Infection Control Center is comprised of members of various responsibilities and supports ICT activities that provide cross-departmental infection control measures.