Infection control is an important concept that must be carefully monitored in health care associations. It is vital that health care professionals are educated and up to date on infection control routines. I will discuss how infection control ensures a patients safety by outlining the major issues involved with infection control. A lack of infection control policies and procedures will lead to Health-Care Acquired Infections (HCAI’s). HCAI’s are infections that a patient acquires after 48 hours of admission to hospital. These infections were not present to the patient at the time of admission. HCAI’s are an extremely common patient safety issue in hospital organisations that affect thousands of patients worldwide. For infections to spread,