Naeun Hospital Holds Infectious Disease Management Training for Nursing Hospitals and Elderly Care Facilities

Nov 19, 2025

On the 12th, the Public Medical Headquarters of Naeun Hospital, a regional medical institution in the northwestern part of Incheon, announced that it had held 'Infectious disease management education such as CRE infections in 2025' for 40 people related to nursing hospitals and elderly care facilities at 23 institutions in the northwestern part of Incheon.

This training was jointly hosted by the Infectious Disease Control Department of Incheon Metropolitan City, the elderly disabled in Seo-gu Office of Incheon, and the disease control department of Seo-gu Health Center, and it is of great significance to strengthen the foundation for establishing a network of public health care infection and patient safety management projects for responsible medical institutions in the northwest of Incheon.

Naeun Hospital has been steadily expanding the cooperative system between nursing hospitals and elderly care facilities through infection and patient safety management projects since 2024. In this training, infectious disease managers from each institution participated directly, exchanged mutual information, and discussed the current status and management plan of CRE infections in depth through case-oriented discussions.




Training consisted of ▲ CRE infection status and business introduction in Incheon Metropolitan City ▲ Infectious disease patient management (CRE patient management) ▲ Experiential education using hand hygiene theory and hand hygiene view boxes.

Participants had a meaningful time to share the difficulties encountered in each institution's infectious disease management practice and seek practical improvement measures applicable in the field. In particular, in this training, which emphasized the role of educational leaders, field-oriented infection control strategies were actively discussed and received great response.

An Incheon city official said, `The CRE infection reduction strategy operation project, which has been in effect since July 2025, is being carried out by six general hospitals and five nursing hospitals in the jurisdiction to take various measures such as screening costs for preemptive isolation, support for quarantine items, and technical support through monitoring.' `We hope that this education will be of practical help in strengthening the ability to respond to infectious diseases in the region.'




Officials from medical institutions attending the training were able to re-recognize the seriousness of the CRE infection and learn practical prevention and countermeasures"I hope such educational programs will continue " he said.

Meanwhile, Naeun Hospital, a regional medical institution in the northwest of Incheon, continues to operate a visiting on-site training program for the nursing facility infection and patient safety management project that began in 2024. In the future, it plans to continue playing a central role in public health care through organic cooperation in the region, continuous support for infectious disease management education, and strengthening the network cooperation system.



Naeun Hospital Holds Infectious Disease Management Training for Nursing Hospitals and Elderly Care Facilities





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.