The action programme mentioned in articles L. 6144-1 and L. 6161-2 includes a section on measures to be implemented to combat nosocomial infections.
In order to ensure its implementation, an operational hygiene team is set up within each establishment, made up of medical or pharmaceutical staff and nursing staff appointed by the legal representative of the establishment after consultation with the chairman of the establishment’s medical committee in public health establishments and with the establishment’s medical conference in private health establishments.
The operational hygiene team assists the hospital medical committee or the hospital medical conference in proposing measures to combat nosocomial infections and in drawing up indicators to monitor the implementation of these measures.
The members of this team receive training appropriate to their role. They have access to the data and information they need, in particular user complaints and claims.