Dr Vijayalakshmi Balakrishnan, Senior Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Kauvery Hospital

Speaker in this video:
Dr Vijayalakshmi Balakrishnan, Senior Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Kauvery Hospital

Topic: Infection control in next-gen hospitals

Key Highlights:
[1] There is no uniform approach to infection control; it must be individualised for each centre

[2] Infections in the near future will primarily be aerosol-borne (droplet or airborne), contact-spread, vector-borne, and, in special circumstances, linked to bioterrorism

[3] We need to adapt, innovate, and find solutions based on basic principles to control infections in hospitals