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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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INFECTION RATES : COSTLY CONSEQUENCES IN ALL ASPECTS |
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Written by Christine Besson
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Sunday, 10 June 2007 |
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 The latest data compiled by the
Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council show that more than 19 000
hospitalized patients are victims of an infection - Pennsylavania population average 11 millions.Costs related
to these infections are very substancial:
For patients with a nosocomial infection:
compared to 2.3% for patients who did not
acquire infections.
- Average hospital stay: 20.6 days
Compared to 4.5 for other patients
Compared to 31,389 for other patients
These data are very conservative,
considering that not all hospitals were involved in reporting their infection
rate. PHC4 also noticed that the data compilation was more accurate for
hospitals using an electronic system or reporting.
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