Hospitals are high risk milieu for bacterial contamination. Different types of bacteria, viruses and other germs are prevalent everywhere on flat surfaces such as night tables, telephones, TV remote controls, bed rails, staff hands and clothing etc.
Every year, in Québec only, 4000 patients die of infections contracted in the hospitals where they entered for treatment or operations.
Strict hygiene measures may reduce the infection rate by at least 50%. Hospital acquired infections are AVOIDABLE.
As a patient, you have an important role to play in your own protection by ensuring that the proper basic hygiene measures are being respected. It is your life which is at stake!.
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