Role of Nursing Superintendent in Infection Prevention & Control Practices

Since nurses are the healthcare professionals who have the most consistent day-to-day contact with patients, it is crucial that they adhere to standard infection control and transmission-based precautions to prevent further spread of healthcare-associated infections and resistant organisms.

Objective of this article:

To understand the knowledge and competency required for Nursing Superintendent to practise safely, act as a role model for co-workers, and educate patients & Their relatives about infection prevention and control standards.

Role & Responsibilities of a Nursing Superintendent for Infection Prevention & Control Practices:

1. He / She Should Participate in Hospital Infection Control Committee, lead and coordinate the work to support the development of long terms infection prevention and controlled strategies and annual infection prevention and control program.
2. He / She should implement the policy and procedure laid down in infection manual in all area of hospital.
3. He / She will monitor and evaluate the impact of the infection prevention and control strategies and working practices.
4. He / She should plan, organize and coordinate audit and monitoring of wards, hospital environment to ensure the infection prevention and control practices.
5. He / She should play a role model in nursing care and used advanced expertise to advise all great and discipline of staff on appropriate care for all patient of IPD & OPD and also act as specialist advisor to all staff clinical and non-clinical on issues related to infection prevention and control.
6. He / She Should constantly review aseptic nursing policies with approval by infection Control Committee
7. He / She Should constantly Monitor the aseptic techniques of Nursing staff
8. He / She should coordinate with management and multidisciplinary infection control committee to plan and implement training program in hospital.
9. He / She Should develop some training and development programme for continuous learning of nursing staff and Visitors.
10. He / She Should supervise the implementation of techniques for prevention of infections in all clinical areas but need some more frequent monitoring on specialized areas like O.T, ICU, NICU, PICU, CCU, SICU, HDU, Labor Room and recovery room.    

Written by:

Dr. Praveen Bajpai

Director of Ingenious Healthcare Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
Founder of Skill Sathi

MBA in Hospital administration, PG Diploma in Quality Accreditation, PG Diploma in Medico Legal System, M. Phil in Hospital Mgmt. from BITS Pilani, P.hD in Management, Certified NABH Auditor, Certified NABL Auditor, Certified Auditor for Clinical Audits, Green Belt in Six Sigma, Certified in Hospital Infection Control Practices, Certified trainer for International Patient Safety Goals, Certified Auditor for JCI 7th Edition Standards 

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