Korean J healthc assoc Infect Control Prev.  2021 Dec;26(2):57-69. 10.14192/kjicp.2021.26.2.57.

Acts and Public Notices on Healthcare-associated Infection Control & Prevention in the Republic of Korea

• Lee M
• Kim S
• Han SH
• Choi YH

• KMID: 2523603
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14192/kjicp.2021.26.2.57

Abstract

Infectious diseases provide an opportunity to recognize the need for infection control in medical institutions, leading to the enactment and revision of related laws. We examined laws and public notifications such as the Medical Service Act and Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act in chronological order and propose the direction for future amendment of laws and public notifications.

Keyword

Healthcare-associated Infection; Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act; Medical Service Act

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