Infection Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis

Infection prevention is a concept adopted by World Health Organization aimed at assisting the member states to reduce the spread of infectious diseases by aiding with planning, implementation, and evaluation of infectious diseases at the national level. The aim is to help curb the spread of such diseases. It is aimed at countering future threats that are related to the spreading of infectious diseases to the patient and medical practitioners who are in constant contact with the patients in the field. One of the major diseases that have attracted various approaches to society is dealing with Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is one of the killer diseases in society today that has become a major threat to health care in the society today. Causes of Tuberculosis Tuberculosis is a serious latent disease in the present society.

It is a disease that affects the lungs of its outcomes and may damage the whole lungs within no time. It is caused by bacteria and the diseases can be spread easily as it is an airborne disease. Tiny droplets of air from the affected people can be spread from one person to another when one breathes in the air from the affected people. The infected person in the society can sneeze or coughs and in this way, the disease effects are felt from the outside source and this can carry out the bacteria and thus transferring the disease. Infection prevention and control has gone a notch higher in the recent past. The World Health Organization has advocated ways such as telemedicine to counter any threat even in remote areas.

Telemedicine is the delivery of health services to the remote areas through the utilization of development in modern telecommunicate the in the infrastructure by offering the g. It is enforced by offering consultation and advice to the people. This can help in dealing with an emerging situation in remote areas where medical services and practitioners are scarce. Components of effective infection prevention and control plan in Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of the regions with full acknowledgment and of the statues of the United Nations. It is, therefore, one of the countries that are working towards the development of better health of the people in the society through its inclination to the demands and the stipulations o9f the World Health Organization.

Dealing with infectious diseases such as tuberculosis is, therefore, being worked in relation to the demands and the stipulations created by the United Nations. This is what keeps the country going as far as the control of the infectious diseases is concerned (Shiu & Andrew, 2006). The effectiveness of any infection prevention and control plan is the cornerstone of an effective and quality health care. The objectives should be well explained and defined and functions stated aimed to combat the diseases. Hong Kong is one of the major regions with full knowledge of this whole issue. It is one of the states that follow the stipulations of the World Health Organization in dealing with the massive spread of infectious diseases in the society.

The development and the various effects mushrooming with the various effects of tuberculosis is what the region is following closely to deal with its many effects. Staffing of all the health units in the country to work in line with the demands and the requirements of the World Health Organization is one of the major initiatives that ar4e being developed today to deal with the massive spread of the disease. Health care workers need training in ways of curbing, controlling and preventing infectious diseases. The education of the health workers on how to deal with such diseases such as tuberculosis and can claim many lives if not controlled. Educating the people is mandatory on ways of taking care of themselves.

The whole region of Hong Kong has developed a highly sensitized education program that is meant at educating virtually almost everybody in the community towards developing the best methodology of dealing with the spread of tuberculosis. The public is being educated on the best methods to prevent the occurrence and the spread of the disease in the region. This needs to be implemented through a system change; also improving available equipment and training. Multimodal strategies need to be shared with the people so that they can also learn about ways of adjusting to the changing environment and controlling the spreads of infectious diseases both nationally and locally. The government has invested heavily on this method and hence it has become inherent in combating the disease from occurring and also from being transferred to more and more people in the society (Xingi, 2017).

Monitoring of infectious practices and feedback The national policies require that we should be in constant evaluation of the practices stipulated and give feedback so that their effectiveness can be evaluated. This can help in analyzing the effectiveness of the practice and provide avenues for improvement. The government of Hong Kong is currently working on the development of the best plans to help in creating the best environment that will work towards the production and the development of the best environment that will work for the prevention and control of the disease (Lougheed, 2017). Effects of these Guidelines in Dealing with Tuberculosis The various initiatives that have been put in place by the Hong Kong government are working towards the provision of better and quality health care to the people.

It is one of the prime methods that can check and depict the best strategies towards checking on the massive spread of tuberculosis. These methods have been proved to be working and certified towards maintaining and dealing with the spread of tuberculosis in society. Application of the telemedicine practices which applies key technological methods has helped in dealing with the massive spread of the disease with ease. It has become an increasingly everybody’s affair to deal with the disease and various issues are now being developed to curb the spread of this serious ailment in the society. It is worth saying that these methods are currently yielding fruits. References Caws, M. Tuberculosis in Adults and Children. Springer Books Lougheed, K.