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The counterparts' training on Infection Control was conducted from October 8 to 20 in Japan.

The main themes of the training were 1) the structuring of infection control system through the development of human resources, 2) the reduction of infection rate by conducting infection control practices, and 3) the proper usage of antimicrobial. Four persons from the Infection Control Department, one from the Nursing Department, and one from the Microbiology Department participated in the training. Ms. Hitomi Kurosu, JICA expert of Infection Control accompanied them on all of their activities.

The participants visited the National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital, Osaka University Hospital, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, and Ebara Hospital. They learned about the organizational structure of infection control and the infection control practice in Japanese hospitals and took part in the hospital rounds conducted by the infection control team of each hospital. They could not only listen to lectures but also get practical training during the training period.

The trainees actively asked many questions in each hospital, and earnestly discussed how they could apply their learnings to Cho Ray Hospital with one another.

The six trainees were divided into three groups, then each group made an action plan on each agenda as below, which was presented at the end of the training:

1. structuring infection control system and designing an annual action plan in Cho Ray Hospital
2. designing a plan for infection control practices such as hand hygiene, prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP), etc.
3. designing a plan for the development of the human resources who are in charge of infection control at the clinical site and its follow-up plan

The JICA experts will continuously support them to practice the action plans and to achieve the best result.

The participants taking training eagerly

The trainees and the staff of the hospital visited

Presentation of action plans

Commemorative photo at the closing ceremony in NCGM