Category: Hand Hygiene
Keeping Your Hands Clean and Healthy
As a healthcare worker, clean hands count. Clean hands prevent the spread of illness in healthcare facilities. Unfortunately, the frequent handwashing and sanitizing needed to achieve this all too often results in painful, cracking, or broken skin on the hands. This raises an important question: what can we do to ensure our hands are clean Read More >
Posted on by6 Tips for Patients to Avoid Healthcare-Associated Infections
When a loved one is hospitalized, the last thing anyone wants is for them to get an infection while receiving care. Yet, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on any given day, about 1 in 31 U.S. hospitalized patients has a healthcare-associated infection (HAI). An HAI is an infection that develops Read More >
Posted on by 6 CommentsEthiopian Hospitals Use Infection Prevention and Control Practices to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance
This story has moved and can be found on the International Infection Control Website at https://www.cdc.gov/international-infection-control/php/stories/ethiopian-hospitals-use-ipc.html Read More >
Posted on by 4 CommentsInfection control reminders during this challenging respiratory virus season
Abigail L. Carlson, MD, MPH, Physician, Project Firstline, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC With assistance from Mia Frederick (contractor, TANAQ) a writer for CDC’s Project Firstline in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. Over the past few months, there has been an increase in respiratory virus activity nationwide, causing additional strain on an already Read More >
Posted on by 5 CommentsClean Hands May Have Saved My Son’s Life
As both a mom and preschool teacher, I have said “wash your hands” more times than I can imagine. Before my newborn son died in a hospital, I never imagined I needed to say it to a doctor. But if all healthcare personnel always used proper hand hygiene in my son’s care, sepsis may not Read More >
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