- Establish accepted standards and develop, implement and monitor Infection Prevention & Control policies and procedures to assure compliance with the standards
- Biomedical waste management.
- Hand Hygiene audit.
- Linen management and to deal with other infection control practices following in the hospital.
- Conducting training sessions for staff (especially Nurses, Housekeeping Staff, Support Staff and Paramedic staffs) to ensure constant implementation and updating the knowledge about the risk, prevention, transmission, and control of infection, disease-specific care, appropriate precautions, and appropriate assessments of infection control practices by In-service classes and demonstrations.
- Coordinating Hospital Infection Prevention & Control programs.
- Following and investigating the incidents of hospital infections.
- Conducting continuous surveillance for detecting the infection source for the purpose of prevention and reporting infection outbreaks.
- Ensuring the placement of infected patients in proper isolation.




- Participation in infection control link Nurse Team meetings.
- Being as a part of continuous quality improvement programs.
- Emphasis on staff safety by pre and post exposure management of occupational exposures and injuries.
- Audit various departments based on infection control point of view and as per NABH standards.
- Monitoring and ensuring practices and implementation of Infection Prevention Care Bundles (VAP, CLABSI, CAUTI, and SSI).
- Observing for cleaning disinfection of articles and surfaces.
- Supervise cleaning/fumigation of an infected case
- Reporting any interference for the implementation of infection control practices.
- Productive, professional, self motivated, handling stressful situations, good listener communicate ideas effectively and team work.
- Ability to learn, co-operative, adapt and analyse Role & responsibilities

📌 Infection Control Preventionist (Kolkata)
🏢 The Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI)
📍 Kolkata