International Journal of Drug Delivery Technology
Volume 16, Issue 3s

Efficacy of Infection Control Measures in Reducing Hospital-Acquired Infections: A Systematic Review and Recommendations for Improvement

Bintu Maria Miller1, Shivshankar Tiwari2, Gopal3, Fallener Satta Togba4, Arpit Bhardwaj5, Eunice Q Liakpa6

1Student of Masters of Public Health, Uttaranchal College of Health Sciences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, India

ORCID ID: 0009-0009-6413-1652
2Assistant Professor, Uttaranchal College of Health Sciences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, India

Orcid ID: 0009-0006-4248-3487
3Assistant Professor, Uttaranchal College of Health Sciences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, India

Orchid Id: 0009-0009-0220-0456
4Student of Masters of Public Health, Uttaranchal College of Health Sciences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, India

ORCID ID: 0009-0003-3901-3204
5Student of Masters of Hospital Administration, Uttaranchal College of Health Sciences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, India

Orcid id: 0009-0000-5330-0830
6Student of Masters of Public Health, Uttaranchal College of Health Sciences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, India

Orcid Id: 0009-0005-0893-3838

ABSTRACT

Nowadays, nosocomial infections and their management is a global challenge in the healthcare settings. Since COVID-19, hospital infection has gained global level interest. This review will focus on the recent developments that has been developed to prevent and control hospital infections. There are various strategies implemented at the clinical level which includes hand hygiene, personal-protective equipment, environmental cleaning, and novel technologies on the other hand administrative and management strategies includes staffing, training, surveillance, and compliance monitoring and for policy frameworks we have WHO guidelines, national action plans, and accreditation standards. Even though there are various strategies implemented for prevention but there will always remain implementation gaps in the low-resource settings Tomczyk, S., Twyman, A., de Kraker, M. E., Rehse, A. P. C., Tartari, E., Toledo, J. P., ... & Allegranzi, B. (2022).

Keywords: Healthcare-associated infections, Hospitals, Management, Infection and prevention control, Nosocomial infections, Prevention

How to cite this article: Miller BM, Tiwari S, Gopal, Togba FS, Bhardwaj A, Liakpa EQ, Efficacy of Infection Control Measures in Reducing Hospital-Acquired Infections: A Systematic Review and Recommendations for Improvement. Int J Drug Deliv Technol. 2026;16(3s): 126-129; DOI: 10.25258/ijddt.16.3s.16