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Telangana, Hyderabad
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Uttar Pradesh, Noida
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Maharashtra, Nagpur
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Andhra Pradesh, West Godavari
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Tamilnadu, Chennai
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Kerala, Kozhikkode
Mr Krishnakumar V

Durgapur, West Bengal
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Karnataka, Udupi
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Tamilnadu, Chennai
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Kolkata, West Bengal
Ms. Deepika

Jammu and Kashmir, Anantnag
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Kerala, Kottayam
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Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
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Kerala, Wayanad
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Ahmedabad, Gujarat
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Nagpur, Maharashtra
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Orissa, Bhubaneshwar
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New Delhi, Delhi
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Tamilnadu, Chennai
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West Bengal, Kolkata
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Haryana, Faridabad
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Jammu and Kashmir, Anantnag
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West Bengal, Durgapur
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West Bengal, Kolkata
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East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya
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West Bengal, Kolkata
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Tamil Nadu, Chennai
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Kerala, Thrissur
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Karnataka, Bengaluru
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Nagaland, Dimapur
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Kozhikode, Kerala
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Kerala, Ernakulam
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Rajasthan, Jaipur
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Andhra Pradesh, Vishakapatnam
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Maharashtra, Pune
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Delhi, Delhi
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Kolkata, West Bengal
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Gujarat, Ahmedabad
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Tamil Nadu, Chennai
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Haryana, Panipat
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Gujarat, Rajkot
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Kerala, Thrissur
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Maharashtra, Mumbai
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Karnataka, Davanagere
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Uttar Pradesh, Noida
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Tamilnadu, Perambalur
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Pondicherry, Pondy
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Pondicherry, Pondy
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Maharashtra, Pune
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Rajasthan, Jaipur
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Punjab, Patiala
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Kerala, Wayanad
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Delhi, Delhi
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Telangana, Hyderabad
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Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi
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Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar
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Delhi, Delhi NCR
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Assam, Lakhimpur
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Karnataka, Bengaluru
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Maharashtra, Pune
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Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow
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Mizoram, Aizawl
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karnataka, Bangalore
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Kerala, Kannur
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Tamil Nadu, Chennai
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Delhi, Delhi
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Kerala, Kozhikode
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Uttarakhand, Dehradun
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Himachal Pradesh, Solan
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Maharashtra, Pune
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Dr. Swarnalingam Thangavelu

Tamilnadu, Chennai
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Pondicherry, Pondy
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Kerala, Kochi
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Tamilnadu, Chennai
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Maharashtra, Pune
Dr. Vijaya S

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Rajasthan, Udaipur
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Gujarat, Ahmedabad
Mr. Ajeet Aghamkar

Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal
Mr. Hitesh Kumar Kumar

Maharashtra, Mumbai City
Mr. Naman Jain

Haryana, Hissar
Mr. Naveen Kumar

Haryana, Hissar
Mr. Rohit Toppo

Jharkhand, Ranchi
Mr. Satyam Mukherjee

West Bengal, Kolkata
Mr. V. Chandiran K. Venkatesan

Chattisgarh, Raipur
Mr. Vinay Purbia

Rajasthan, Udaipur
Mrs. Anita Dhote

Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal
Mrs. Evaris Lyngdoh Nongbri

Meghalaya, East Khasi Hills
Mrs. Khushnuma Bee

Chattisgarh, Raipur
Mrs. Renuga N

Tamilnadu, Cuddalore
Mrs. Rupali Samuel

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Mrs. Shamli Jayesh Kawade

Maharashtra, Nagpur
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Gujarat, Ahmedabad
Ms. Chapa Balamma

Andhra Pradesh, TAGARAPUVALSA
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Maharashtra, Thane
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Suggested Reading

Books
- Manual of Infection Prevention and Control, Nizam Damani, Oxford University, 4^thedition
- Essentials of Hospital Infection Control, Apurba Sastry, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, 2019
- Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett`s Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 9^thEdition
- Ananthanarayan and Paniker`s T.B of Microbiology, 12^thedition
- Essentials of Medical Pharmacology, KD Tripathi, 8^thedition
Guidelines
Hand Hygiene:
Isolation Precautions:
- Type and Duration of isolation precautions for infections and conditions – a summary by CDC
Health Care Associated Infections:
Housekeeping Practices:
Bio Medical Waste Management:
- Central Pollution Control Board Guidelines for Biomedical waste management 2016 and its amendments
- Safe Management of Wastes from Health Care activities by the World Health Organization
Outbreak Management:
- Outbreak Management in Health Care setting by CDC
- Quick learn: How to create an Epi Curve
Environmental Surveillance:
Sterilisation and Disinfection:
- Guidelines for disinfection and sterilization in health care facilities, 2008, CDC
IPC in Dietary:
- Food and Safety guidelines, FSSAI
- General Principles of Food Hygiene, FAO
Vaccination and Post Exposure Prophylaxis:
- Recommended Vaccines for health care workers
- Post Exposure Prophylaxis for individual disease – Refer Harrisons Text book of internal medicine or CDC website
NABH Standards in Hospital Infection Control:
- NABH standards, 5^thedition
Statistical tools:
- HAI statistics
- Principles of Epidemiology in public health practice
Note: The above materials are provided for reference only. Questions may be drawn from these topics or other areas related to infection prevention and control, including any recent updates.
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