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ON May 23rd, 2008, the French Ministry of Health launched a national hand cleanliness campaign targeting health care workers, patients, and the general public. The campaign emphasizes that proper hand hygiene is the key element in preventing and controlling nosocomial infections.
It is critical that a through cleansing of one’s hands with a liquid alcohol solution containing an emollient to protect the skin precedes all health care treatments, no matter where they are carried out. All health care establishments throughout the country should see to it that these solutions are available at patient’s bed. Health care workers would also be required to carry a small bottle of disinfectant in the pockets of their uniform. |
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Written by Christine Besson
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Thursday, 16 February 2006 |
 In the United-Kingdom, an electronic nose that sniffs out infections could help hospitals reduce their rate of antibiotic-resistant bacteria called MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), by allowing doctors to rapidly detect carriers of this harmful bug and thus isolate the patient.
Culture tests routinely used to identify MRSA take two or three days to complete. DNA-based tests are being trialled that promise to reduce test times to 2 hours. Researchers have come up with a test using an electronic sniffer that could cut the time further, to just 15 minutes( Journal Sensors and Actuators B -vol 109, p 355- Engineers at the University of Warwick and doctors at the Heart of England Hospital) |
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Monday, 13 February 2006 |
The major and very modern hospitals of India also worry about the serious rise of hospital-acquired infections (nosocomial infections). 
Interestingly, an increase in HAIs has been registered not only in the developing world, where poor quality health service is more a daily reality, but also in highly industrialized countries. The World Health Organisation (WHO), which has made 2006 the year for nosocomial infections, calls HAIs a major cause of death and disability for patients.
India appears to have the same rate of HAIs (20% to 25%) as in most industrialized countries in Europe or the United-States. India health Centers have started giving a priority to the control of these infections. Most big Indian hospitals have set up elaborate protocols to control infection rates. It is extremely important, especially for those hospitals wishing to get international accreditation, to maintain the best practices and protocols possible. |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2006 |
 Colorado State is on the verge of approving a bill that would require hospitals and all health facilities to publicly report their rate of hospital-acquired infections. 6 other states have already adopted such legislation: New York Florida, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska and Virginia. |
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Written by Christine Besson
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Wednesday, 08 February 2006 |
 Switzerland has just launched a national campaign for hand hygiene and has declared January 26 as the National Day for Hand Hygiene. This effort to tackle hospital-acquired infections is understandable when figures show that every year over 70 000 people are victims of these infections. (Swiss population is ….)
All recent studies clearly demonstrate that good hand hygiene is the first efficient step in reducing infection rate by at least 50%.
Swiss-Noso, composed of microbiologists and the Swiss Health Department initiated this campaign which follows another one launched last October 2005 by the World Health Organisation ( World Campaign for the Security of Patients).
For more information : http://www.bag.admin.ch/dienste/medien/f/index.php
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Written by Christine Besson
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Tuesday, 10 January 2006 |
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•An extensive study by HealthGrades, a leading health-care quality rating organization, reports that 194,000 people died in each of the years 2000, 2001 and 2002 from preventable medical errors in American hospitals.
•The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 90,000 deaths per year results from hospital-acquired infections. This adds more than $5 billion to the nation's health-care costs, according to the CDC.
If the CDC listed hospital-acquired infections in their statistics on leading causes of death in America, it would be ahead of diabetes, pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease.
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