In Korea, the nosocomial infection control program is not well developed. The one of the main reasons of this situation is the medical cost paying system. Under FFS (Fee for service) system, there is no incentives for doctors and hospitals to do
active
nosocomial infection control. On the contrary, the doctors and hospitals get more profit with nosocomial infections. And the medical ethics is too weak incentives to change the medical personnel attitudes in nosocomial infection control.
Futhermore
there are many misunderstandings in the nosocomial infection control practices in Korea. For examples, some ineffective nosocomial infection control methods like fogging and air culture are still adapted in many hospitals. To decrease nosocomial
infection occurrence and for effective uses of medical cost, active nosocomial infection programs is needed.
@ES the result was as follows;
@EN 1) 106 general hospitals (75.7%) had infection control committees and only 83 general hospitals (56.4%) had infection control committee meetings since January of 1991.
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