THE MINISTER OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD)
(a) & (b): âHealthâ is a State subject and it is the primary responsibility
of the concerned State Government to take all necessary actions regarding patient
safety and infection control standards of the hospitals in the State.
In so far as the three Central Government Hospitals in Delhi, namely
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Safdarjung Hospital and Lady Hardinge Medical
College and its Associated hospitals are concerned, patient safety and infection
control standards are followed and the details are as under:
# Infection Control committees and Patient Safety Committees have been
constituted. The committees hold meetings at regular intervals to review the
infection control and Patient Safety issues and take measures for improvement.
# Hand Hygiene is practiced as per prescribed guidelines.
# Surgical Safety in ward and Operation Theatre, patient safety evaluation,
Patient Safety monitoring and Adverse Event reporting are being done.
# A standard âDo not Useâ List from Joint commission listing symbols to be
avoided while writing prescriptions is being used to prevent prescription reading
mistakes.
# Trainings in Patient Safety including Hand hygiene, infection control
and Bio-medical waste management are being regularly conducted for Doctors and
other hospital Staff.
In addition, National Guidelines on Hospital waste Management based on Bio-medical
waste (Management & Handling) Rules have been developed and distributed to all
States/Union Territories in the year 2002 for implementation.
(c) and (d): Accreditation is voluntary at present in our country. With the
increase in awareness on accreditation, more and more hospitals are coming
forward to seek accreditation.