Practice and evaluation emerging from a consultation by the University Hospital Infection Control Team with facilities that have outsourced microbiological testing

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  • KIYOSUKE Makiko
    Center for the Study of Global Infection, Kyushu University Hospital Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kyushu University Hospital
  • YOKOYAMA Reiko
    Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kyushu University Hospital
  • SHIMONO Nobuyuki
    Center for the Study of Global Infection, Kyushu University Hospital
  • KOBAYASHI Risa
    Center for the Study of Global Infection, Kyushu University Hospital
  • MIYAGUCHI Yukino
    Clinical Laboratory Department, Sakurajyuji Fukuoka Hospital Infection Control Team, Sakurajyuji Fukuoka Hospital
  • MATSUMOTO Fujimi
    Infection Control Team, Sakurajyuji Fukuoka Hospital
  • OKAWAUCHI Yuki
    Infection Control Team, Sakurajyuji Fukuoka Hospital
  • IKEDA Keijiro
    Infection Control Team, Sakurajyuji Fukuoka Hospital

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  • 大学病院感染制御チームによる，微生物検査を外部委託している施設へのコンサルテーションの実践と評価
  • ダイガク ビョウイン カンセン セイギョ チーム ニ ヨル,ビセイブツ ケンサ オ ガイブ イタク シテ イル シセツ エ ノ コンサルテーション ノ ジッセン ト ヒョウカ

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<p>Since 2012, a healthcare reimbursement fee has been available for infection prevention and control in Japan, and infection control networks have been established in each area. This study reports on opinions, improvements, and evaluations emerging from a consultation with facilities that have introduced outsourced microbiological testing without an infectious disease specialist. Doctors, nurses, and clinical laboratory technicians from Kyushu University initiated a consultation on outsourced microbiological testing at Sakurajyuji Fukuoka Hospital, a general hospital with 199 beds. The consultation started during the COVID-19 pandemic, and information was collected and opinions exchanged via email and online meetings. A review of the operation of outsourced microbiological test items was then proposed and the effectiveness of this was evaluated. The review highlighted the need for education and familiarization to ensure that tests are carried out on the patients who need them, and that the set of tests selected is optimal. This led to improvements and cost savings, and awareness was also raised among those involved in the consultation through this initiative. When facilities receiving the reimbursement for infection prevention and control and infectious disease specialists were working together on the consultation, it was important to understand each other’s position and take time to communicate with each other.</p>

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