Hospital Infection Society – India (HISI)
Office of Election Officer 2024
No:HISI/Election-2024 Dated:29th Nov, 2024
HISI Election Announcement for the year 2025-2028
Dear HISI Members,
Greetings from the Election Officer, HISI !
The Election Office, HISI, is sending you the Election Notification for HISI Elections for the year 2025-2028. Nominations are invited for filling up the following vacancies of the members of the National Executive Board of the Hospital Infection Society – India (HISI) for the year 2025-2028 (January – December2028) from amongst the life members of the Society.
The number of EB member vacancies shall be elected as follows:
S. No.
Category
No. of Vacancies
1
Microbiologists
TEN
2
Clinicians
THREE
3
Medical Administrators
TWO
4
Nursing leadership /Nursing Administrator
ONE
5
CSSD Manager (Hospital)
HISI ELECTION SCHEDULE-2024
(Subject to change under unforeseen Circumstances)
Process
Completion Date
Notification of Elections
29/11/2024 (Thursday) at 9:00 AM
Start date of filing Nominations
03/12/2024(Tuesday) at 9:00 AM
Last date for filing Nominations
22/12/2024 (Sunday) at 5:00 PM
Listing of eligible nominations
26/12/2024 (Thursday) by 9:00 AM
Last date for withdrawal of Nominations
02/01/2024 (Thursday) at 5:00 PM
Opening of E-voting on website
04/01/2025 at 9:00 AM
Closing of E-voting
10/01/2025 at 6:00 PM
Counting of Votes by Election Officer
10/01/2025 (Friday) 6:15 PM
Declaration of results
Last Board Meeting of Current Executive Board
Announcement of New Office Bearers and National Executive Board members
During XVIII HISICON SGPGIMS, LUCKNOW
HISI Election Rules and Regulations for the year 2024 – Eligibility Criteria for Contestants
Qualification for National Executive Board Member
As per amended constitution of the Hospital Infection Society – India (HISI) with effective from May 15, 2017 the National Executive Board consists of 18 members of which three shall be Clinicians, two shall be Medical Administrators and twelve members should be Microbiologists.
One member for the categories of Nursing leadership /Nursing Administrator, Senior ICN, and CSSD Manager (Hospital) will be co-opted during the announcement of the results.
Only those Life members of the Society who have completed at least five (05) years of life membership, shall be eligible to contest the election as a candidate or to propose or second the candidature of any member.
It was unanimously decided during the last General Body Meeting of HISI held at Kolkata that members with a prior conflict of interest on financial matters or other conflicts that might be potentially detrimental for and interests of HISI Organization or its functions and standing are generally deemed ineligible for consideration as candidates for election to HISI Executive Board.
Each nomination should be duly proposed and seconded by a Life member of HISI and the candidate should give consent for the same. Process of nomination and approval by proposer and member seconding the application must be done online. All particulars contained in the Nomination form should be correctly filled up.
The election process is available online on HISI website https://www.hisindia.net Members are advised to first update their personal profile on the website before initiating the process of nomination. They should also ensure that personal profiles of proposer and member seconding the nomination are updated online. Protocol for voting process will be displayed on HISI website and sent through email once nominations are obtained.
Thanks & Regards.
(Dr Geeta Mehta)
Election Officer, HISI 2024
Guidelines for electronic voting
Dear Colleagues,
Greetings from Secretariat of Hospital Infection Society – India!
As you are aware that Hospital Infection Society – India is conducting Online Elections 2024 for the National Executive Board members for 2025-2028. From previous election 2019 onwards, HISI has started using the e-nomination form for HISI elections.
The voting will begin on 9:00 AM and end on at 6:00 PM. To facilitate ease of voting and to maximize the participation of HISI members with security and safety features as required in the conduct of a smooth and transparent online poll.
The guidelines for electronic voting are as follows:
We request all members to take note of the above and be advised accordingly. In case of any clarifications, please feel free to communicate and write directly to the election officer (gmehta51@hotmail.com) marking a copy to the Secretariat at the following address: secretariat@hisindia.net
HISI Elections 2024
Instruction for filling and submission of Nomination form
1. Read Election rules regulations & guidelines for electronic voting
2. Submit online nomination form
3. Upload your photo (JPEG -1 MB max)
4. Please upload scanned Copy of Aadhar card with self-attestation
6. The Last date for submission of Nomination is 22nd December, (Sunday) 5:00 pm
7. Withdrawal of Nomination can be done by 2nd January, 5:00 PM.
Voting Instructions
All voting members will receive a Voting Link via Email and SMS.
This link will direct you to the ballot page for voting.
Voting Period:
Voting Link: Visit the HISI Website to obtain your voting link: https:……………………………
Technical Issues:
If there is a network disconnection or other issues, the link remains valid. You can proceed by getting the OTP and continue voting.
If any difficulty is faced while filling e-nomination form and for any Technical Support-Kindly
contact: Mr. Pankaj Thakur
Email: thakurpankaj11@gmail.com
Phone/Mobile: 8588870740
Note:
Once a vote is cast, no changes are allowed.
Voting is not possible after the voting period ends.
Process:
A digital Election Process would be followed as per the schedule above Link for filling e-Nomination for HISI Election for the 2024:
https: .............................
The election office, HISI would accept duly filled e-nomination forms on or before up to 5:00 pm 22nd December 2024.
The Candidates are required to give the following declaration on the e-nomination form.
I hereby declare that I have read the Election Notification. I have never been arrested/prosecuted and convicted by criminal court of involved in any case registered by the police. I consent to this nomination and that the information given herein above is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
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Background: Risk factors for maternal infection are clearly recognised, including caesarean section and operative vaginal birth. Antibiotic prophylaxis at caesarean section is widely recommended because there is clear systematic review evidence that it reduces incidence of maternal infection. Current WHO guidelines do not recommend routine antibiotic prophylaxis for women undergoing operative vaginal birth because of insufficient evidence of effectiveness. We aimed to investigate whether antibiotic prophylaxis prevented maternal infection after operative vaginal birth.
Methods: In a blinded, randomised controlled trial done at 27 UK obstetric units, women (aged ≥16 years) were allocated to receive a single dose of intravenous amoxicillin and clavulanic acid or placebo (saline) following operative vaginal birth at 36 weeks gestation or later. The primary outcome was confirmed or suspected maternal infection within 6 weeks of delivery defined by a new prescription of antibiotics for specific indications, confirmed systemic infection on culture, or endometritis. We did an intention-to-treat analysis. This trial is registered with ISRCTN, number 11166984, and is closed to accrual.
Findings: Between March 13, 2016, and June 13, 2018, 3427 women were randomly assigned to treatment: 1719 to amoxicillin and clavulanic acid, and 1708 to placebo. Seven women withdrew, leaving 1715 in the amoxicillin and clavulanic acid group and 1705 in the placebo groups. Primary outcome data were missing for 195 (6%) women. Significantly fewer women allocated to amoxicillin and clavulanic acid had a confirmed or suspected infection (180 [11%] of 1619) than women allocated to placebo (306 [19%] of 1606; risk ratio 0·58, 95% CI 0·49–0·69; p<0·0001). One woman in the placebo group reported a skin rash and two women in the amoxicillin and clavulanic acid reported other allergic reactions, one of which was reported as a serious adverse event. Two other serious adverse events were reported, neither was considered causally related to the treatment.
Interpretation: This trial shows benefit of a single dose of prophylactic antibiotic after operative vaginal birth and guidance from WHO and other national organisations should be changed to reflect this.
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The 2005 CDC recommendations for testing U.S. health care personnel have been updated and now include 1) TB screening with an individual risk assessment and symptom evaluation at baseline (preplacement); 2) TB testing with an interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) or a tuberculin skin test (TST) for persons without documented prior TB disease or latent TB infection (LTBI); 3) no routine serial TB testing at any interval after baseline in the absence of a known exposure or ongoing transmission; 4) encouragement of treatment for all health care personnel with untreated LTBI, unless treatment is contraindicated; 5) annual symptom screening for health care personnel with untreated LTBI; and 6) annual TB education of all health care personnel.
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An infection with a novel coronavirus has been reported from China. As on 11th January, 2020, 41 confirmed cases have been reported so far, of which one has died. Only travel related cases have been reported (one each) in Thailand and Japan. The clinical signs and symptoms are mainly fever with a few patients having difficulty in breathing.
Mode of transmission is unclear as of now. However, so far there is little evidence of significant human- to-human transmission.
Although as per World Health Organization’s risk assessment the risk for global spread has been stated as low, as a matter of abundant precaution, the travellers to China are advised the following:
18 Aug 2019
Hospital Infection Society – India Secretariat: Dept. of Microbiology, Indrprastha Apollo Hospitals, Sarita Vihar, Delhi Mathura Road, New Delhi 110 076
Dear Colleagues, Greetings from Secretariat of Hospital Infection Society – India! As you are aware that Hospital Infection Society – India is conducting Online Elections 2019 for the National Executive Council members for 2019. The voting will begin on August 18, 2019 9:00 AM and end on August 31, 2019 at 12 Midnight. To facilitate ease of voting and to maximize the participation of HISI members with security and safety features as required in the conduct of a smooth and transparent online poll. The guidelines for electronic voting are as follows:
We request all members to take note of the above and be advised accordingly. In case of any clarifications, please feel free to communicate and write directly to the election officer (gmehta51@hotmail.com) marking a copy to the Secretariat at the following address: Dr. Raman Sardana: Hony. Secretary -Hospital Infection Society India Head, Infection Prevention and Control and Chairperson HICC Academic Coordinator, Laboratory Services Senior Consultant, Microbiology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals Sarita Vihar, Delhi-Mathura Road, New Delhi-110076 Email: secretariat@hisindia.net
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Body Meeting of the Hospital Infection Society- India is scheduled to be held during HISICON 2019 XVI National Conference of Hospital Infection Society - India on Saturday the 14th September, 2019 from 05:00pm onwards at Alexander Fleming Hall, 4A JBS Haldane Avenue, Tangra, Kolkata to consider the following agenda:
1. Confirmation of minutes of General Body Meeting held on Octorber 5, 2108 at HISCON 2018, Hyderabad
2. Consideration and adoption of Annual Report (Secretary Report) of the society.
3. Consideration and adoption of the audited Statement of Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2019
4. Appointment of Auditors and fixing of their remuneration.
5. Constitutional amendment in HISI constitution.
6. Date and Venue of Next Conferences HISICON 2020.
7. Proceeding of the Election to the National Council of HISI and declaration of results for the election held in 2019 by Election officer.
8. Any other matter with the permission of the chair.
HOSPITAL INFECTION SOCIETY – INDIA
Secretariat: Dept. of Microbiology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi 110 076
Election Rules and Regulations of Hospital Infection Society – India
Qualification for National Executive Council
As per constitution of the Society, (Hospital Infection Society – India) the National Executive Councilconsists of 12 members of which three shall be Clinicians, two shall be Medical Administrators, seven members should be Microbiologists, one should be an ICN & one CSSD manager. Only those Life members of the Society who have completed at lest four (04) years of life membership, shall be eligible to contest the election or to propose or second the candidature of any member.
Each nomination should be duly proposed and seconded by a Life member of HIS-India and the candidate should give consent for the same. Process of nomination and approval by proposer and member seconding the application must be done online. All particulars contained in the Nomination form should be correctly filled up.
The election process is available online on HISI website https://www.hisindia.net. Members are advised to first update their personal profile on the website before initiating the process of nomination. They should also ensure that personal profiles of proposer and member seconding the nomination are updated online. Protocol for voting process will be displayed on HISI website and sent through email once nominations are obtained.
(Dr. Geeta Mehta)
Election Officer, HISI (2019)
Ref:HISI/ELECTIONS-2019/ Dated 15 July 2019
Dear Colleague,
Nominations are invited online for filling up the vacancies of National Executive Council of the Hospital Infection Society – India for the (2019-2023) from amongst the Life Members of the HIS who have completed four years of membership. Nomination complete in all respects should be submitted online on HISI website: https://www.hisindia.net before the specified date. No paper forms shall be considered in this regard.
HISI ELECTION SCHEDULE-2019*
15 July 2019
Last date for Receiving Nominations
07 August 2019
Last Date for Withdrawal of Nomination
10 August 2019
Scrutiny of Nominations
11-12 August 2019
14 August 2019
Closing of E-voting and verification
28 August 2019
Declaration of results and Announcement of New Office Bearers and National Executive Council members
During GBM at XVI HISICON 2019 (13-15 September 2019) at Kolkatta
(*Subject to change under unforeseen Circumstances)
Hospital Infection Society – India
Electronic voting information
In the XIV General Body Meeting held during HISICON 2015 at New Delhi, it was decided to use electronic platform for next election to HISI Executive in 2019. You will be glad to know that this platform is now available and shall be introduced for the current year elections.
All members are requested to view and update their details (profiles) available on HISI website www.hisindia.net. This shall facilitate maximum participation during the elections and help improving communications to the members.
Details of nominations and e-voting process shall be available on HISI website by July 13, 2019.
(Dr. Raman Sardana)
Hon. Secretary, HISI
Details of Workshop at HISCON 2019 can be viewed here. For details please click here
Dear All,
Greetings from HISICON 2019 organizing Committee!
It is our privilege to invite all our distinguished guests and honored delegates from different parts of India & abroad to HISICON 2019, the XVI National Conference of Hospital Infection Society, India, at J W Marriott Hotel, Kolkata on the 13th 14th& 15th of September, 2019.
Healthcare-associated infections are one of the most common complications of hospitals, as they are associated with significant morbidity,mortality and cost. Therefore, this issue is of paramount significance to health care.
This year the Theme of our conference is – ‘Post Antibiotic Era’
HISICON -2019 will showcase significant topics and discussions with workshops, CME, Interactive sessions, lectures and discussions on our theme– its inception, root of it’s cause and need of antibiotics and subsequent effect to help maintain and curb Hospital associated infection and predicaments. The esteemed faculty members are going to be the most respected, eminent personalities of the medical fraternity and health care industry.
The conference will be preceded with eight workshops over a day before the conference on 12th September held at various hospitals focusing on the theme - ‘Post Antibiotic Era’ along with a separate Antimicrobial stewardship program as part of HISIEPAMS Activity will be conducted on 13th September at the conference venue.
The scientific program of discussion and schedule, with the list of speakers will be uploaded on our website soon as they are under consideration and confirmation, to give you a glimpse of the academic richness of the program with our dignitaries on board.
Kindly follow the link for registrations :
http://www.hisicon2019.com/Registration
The details of the program ,registration form for offline registration are attached here with.
For assistance please call conference secretariat .
