Mortuary, Funeral and Facilities Agency (MOFFA) has organised a four-day training programme for workers at the various mortuaries in the Ashanti Region on Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC) to enhance their knowledge and experiences in the line of duty.
This is geared towards stopping the transmission of diseases to vulnerable communities, themselves, and their families.
Dr. Yaw Twerefour, Chief Executive Officer of MOFFA, explained that the Agency had, so far, trained about 800 workers nationwide to ensure expansion in knowledge and experience in their operations at their work places.
According to him, the key concept of transmission was micro-organisms mostly invisible, but they were everywhere, and that the transmission required a source and a susceptible host, and route of transmission as the main routes include contact droplets, airborne or vehicles like foods.
He disclosed that the participants would acquire certificates that would bring value to their operations as professional workers to secure their jobs.
He stressed that the Mortuary Funeral Facilities Agency had come to ensure that workers get the technical know- how and basic knowledge about their work to help acquire certificates and also improve on their working experiences and capacities.
The CEO disclosed that, the aim and benefit of the training is to ensure that the workers protect themselves, patients, family and community, including mosques, churches and market places and healthcare associated infections.
The healthcare associated infections, he said, are infections occurring in a patient, during the process of care in a hospital or other family care facility that was not present.
Mr. Emmanuel Okyere, facilitator and Lead Technical and acting Director for MOFFA (IPC) at the training disclosed that, the infection, Prevention and Control (IPC) is a Policy Procedures and Practices use to reduce the risk of spreading infections, especially in healthcare setting including morgues and in the community.
According to him, the exercise would enhance participants’ scientific approach with practical solutions designed to prevent harm caused by infections to patients.
Mr. Okyere disclosed that the goal was to protect the vulnerable population at risk of acquiring infections in the healthcare facilities.
The Lead Technical and acting Director for MOFFA stressed that, the infection agents which were the disease causing or pathogenic microorganisms, susceptible host that was a human with poor immune defenses against the micro-organisms and right environments.
He noted that, for infections to spread all links must be connected and for that matter, the need to break any link will stop disease transmission.
