As a Planetree hospital, we hold ourselves to nothing but the highest standards when it comes to keeping you healthy. To achieve this goal, our infectious disease team:

• Conducts emergency preparedness and staff education at all levels.
• Oversees all infection prevention activities through hospital-wide surveillance with a goal of zero hospital acquired infections
• Supervises disinfection and sterilization procedures in the hospital and its affiliated practices
• Consults with your physicians and sees inpatients and outpatients with problematic infections on a regular basis.
• Performs research through clinical trials, hospital epidemiology and microbiology laboratory studies.
• Constantly updates our staff’s practice guidelines for various types of infectious diseases.
• Oversees antibiotic use in the hospital as part of our strategy for preventing hospital-acquired infections and minimizing the risk of antibiotic resistance.
• Promotes vaccination to prevent the spread of contagious diseases in the hospital and community
• Monitors the risk of emerging infectious around the world for purposes of emergency management and travel health advisories.

As a multidisciplinary team, our efforts are constantly escalating to meet the needs of the healthcare system. Infection prevention represents one of the most important activities of Stamford Health.