The Infectious Diseases Department

Infection Control Unit Director: Dr. Regev Cohen

Acting Infectious Diseases Unit Director: Dr. Shelly Lipman-Arens

Dr. Orna Ben Natan - Epidemiology Supervisor

Ms. Aliza Vaknin - Infection Control Coordinator

Mr. Muhammad Ghneim - Infection Control Audit Coordinator

Ms. Tali Dayan - Secretary

The Infectious Diseases and Infection Control Units provide clinical consultations for inpatients who have infectious diseases, are engaged in prevention of cross-infections, control and monitor infections caused by stable pathogens, train and oversee proper and prudent use of antibiotics and advise hospital management on health care-associated infection, biological events and preventive medicine. In addition to the treatment of inpatients, the unit operates the Pediatric Infectious Disease Clinic.

Furthermore, the unit staff is involved in preventing the transmission of health care-associated infections, including the writing and implementation of related policies, training the clinical staff, performing controls in departments, collecting information, monitoring and following up on antibiotic-resistant bacteria at the hospital, investigating outbreaks and taking systematic action to minimize health care-associated infections at the hospital.

Additionally, the unit is engaged in medical research on microbiology, infectious diseases and infection control.

Telephone numbers:

Tali Dayan, Unit Secretary – 04-7748453

Dr. Regev Cohen, Infection Control Unit Director – 04-7748452

Dr. Orna Ben Natan, Epidemiology Supervisor – 04-7744754

Aliza Vaknin - Infection Control Coordinator – 04-7748285

Muhammad Ghneim, Infection Control Audit Coordinator – 04-7744986

Fax – 04-7744955