India, Oct. 19 -- BJ Medical College (BJMC) and Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) in Pune on October 15 conducted a training workshop "Breaking the Chain - Effective Infection Control Practices" for government nurses to become infection control nurses (ICN) , said officials on Saturday.

The workshop was organised as per the directives of National Programme on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delhi. Over 35 nurses, including 15 from Sassoon General Hospital, 10 from Aundh District Hospital, and 10 from Baramati Hospital, were trained for healthcare-associated infections (HAI). The training was held to mark the International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW) observed every year in the third ...