Yokohama City Infection Prevention Measures Support Liaison Committee (YKB)

Yokohama-shi infection prevention measures support liaison meeting is local network to plan cooperation of medical institution working on hospital-infection measures in the city and medical institution and administration for hospital-infection measures promotion in area.

• Medical institutions in Yokohama City that have received the calculation of the medical fee system “Infection Control Improvement Addition 1”
• Medical institutions in cooperation with the above medical institutions
• City of Yokohama, Medical Care Bureau (Secretariat)

• Holding of YKB Plenary Session
• Management of the Website
• Operation of mailing list
• Dissemination of information e-mails such as notifications related to infection control
• Operation and Group utilization of J-SIPHE
• Other necessary initiatives

• Laws and regulations
  • Act on the Prevention of Infectious Diseases and Medical Care for Patients with Infectious Diseases (Infectious Diseases Law) (outside site)
  • Laws and notices related to general medical safety measures (outside site)
• Notifications, etc.
  • [Administrative Contact] About sending of "proposal about drug-resistant bacteria measures" (April 1, 2015, Regional Medical Planning Division, Medical Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) (PDF: 334KB)
  • [Administrative Contact] “Propagation of multidrug-resistant bacteria by duodenal endoscope (information provision and request)” (March 6, 2015, Regional Medical Planning Division, Medical Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) (PDF: 71KB)
  • [Administrative Contact] "Send of guidelines for hospital-acquired infections" (January 5, 2015, Regional Medical Planning Division, Medical Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) (PDF: 1,313KB)
  • [Notice] "About hospital infection measures in medical institutions" (December 19, 2014, Department of Labor Medical Affairs Bureau, Regional Medical Planning Division, Regional Medical Planning Division) (PDF: 399KB)
  • [Administrative Contact] “Standards for doubting Outbreaks caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria at medical institutions, etc.” (June 23, 2014, Guidance Division, Medical Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) (PDF: 4,227KB)
• Action Plan for Countermeasures against Drug Resistance (AMR) (April 7, 2023, Ministerial Meeting on International Cooperation for Strengthening Infectious Disease Control, which poses an international threat)

  • Drug Resistance (AMR) Action Plan 2023-2027 (Overview) (PDF: 677KB)

  • Drug Resistance (AMR) Action Plan 2023-2027 (main body) (PDF: 1,668KB)

  • National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance(AMR) 2023-2027（PDF：1,402KB）

• Central Conference on Nosocomial Infection Control (outside site)

  • [Administrative Contact] "Recommendation of the Central Conference on Countermeasures against Nosocomial Infection" (February 8, 2011, Guidance Division, Medical Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) (outside site)

• JANIS (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Hospital Infection Countermeasure Surveillance Project) (external site)
• Drug Resistance (AMR) One Health Platform (outside site)
• Medical fee system related (revised in FY2022) (outside site)