Building an effective infection prevention and control system in Japan: a historical review

Overview

This report provides a historical review of how Japan established its infection prevention and control (‎IPC)‎ system, including what helped and hindered the process, and how the IPC system became well rooted in the health system. The history of the IPC system can be divided into three periods: the pioneering period (‎before 1990)‎, the development period (‎1990–2010)‎ and the present (‎after 2010)‎.