Department of Infection Control

  Head of the Department 

 Uga Dumpis,MD, PhD, DTM

 Infectologist and Epidemiologist

Email :ugadumpis@stradini.lv.

Phone : 67069976

  Responsabilities:

• 1) Hospital epidemiology

  Infection control guidelines, outbreak investigations,

• 2) Infectious Diseases consultant

  Clinical rounds in the Intensive care unit and department  of differential diagnosis, consulting of patients in other departaments

• 3)Antibiotic policies

  Antibiotic guidelines, antibiotic consumption analysis, cost considerations

• 4) Research

  Latvian coordinator for:

  ESAC (European Surveillance of Antimicrobial   Consumption)

  BURDEN (Burden of Resistance and Diseases in European Nations)

  MOSAR  (Mastering of Hospital Antimicrobial Resistance in Europe)

  Scientific coordinator of Latvian Nosocomial Infections Study Group (11 hospitals)

  Coordinator of the project „Introduction of Laboratory Based Early Warning System and Infection control Mechanisms for Containment of Multirezistant Nosocomial Pathogens  in Latvian Regional Hospitals" (should be started soon)

  Principal researcher of Latvian Research council grant „Changes in antibiotic consumption and prevalence of nosocomial infections in Stradins University Hospital: point prevalence surveillance approach"

• 5) Teaching

  Associated Professor

  University of Latvia

  Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching

Anna Auziņa MD, PhD

Hospital epidemiologist

Email:

 anna.auzina@stradini.lv  

Phone: 67069540

Responsabilities

• 1) Hospital hygiene
• 2) Safety food change

 Elīna Pujate MPH

Hospital Epidemiologist

Email: elina.pujate@stradini.lv

Phone: 67069540;

Responsabilities

• 1) Hospital epidemiology
• 2) Antibiotic consumption
• 3) Research

PhD student

• 4) Teaching

University of Latvia, Public Health

Postgraduate training on hospital hygiene

Agita Melbārde-Kelmere 

 Registered nurse, Masters in nursing

Infection Control Nurse

Responsabilities

• 1) Hospital epidemiology

Infection Control Standarts, Hand hygiene guidelines,

• 2) Teaching

Teaching Nurses in Riga Stradins University

3 ) Research

PhD student

Olegs Sazonovs

Assistant epidemiogist

Responsabilities

• 1) hospital hygiene
• 2) surveillance of community acquired infections