Abstract: The deep integration of nursing and infection control is essential to enhance healthcare quality and safeguard patient safety. This article explores the necessity and urgency of deepening the integration between nursing and infection control disciplines. Reviewing the development of nosocomial infection management in China, nursing has made significant contributions to basic, evidence-based, and precise infection control, yet faces three major challenges: omission and insufficient compliance of nurses with basic infection control measures, inadequate recognition of the infection control value of basic nursing care, and infection control risks in specialty nursing practice urgently require solutions. Three strategies are proposed: integrating knowledge to update nursing practice guidelines, strengthening process quality control of basic nursing care, and collaborating to innovate specialized infection control solutions.

Key words: nursing; control of nosocomial infection; disciplinary integration; patient safety