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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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Sunday, 01 May 2005 |
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 14 April
2005
Time and
again, keeping hands clean remains a basic and efficient way to control infection
rate.
Dr Gary
Noskin, expert in epidemiology at Northwestern Hospital, Chicago,USA, has
just published an article explaining
that computer keyboards in hospitals are real nests for bacteria and other
germs. Keyboards cannot be easily cleaned. Tactile keyboards would be the best
but in the meantime washing hands before using the keyboard remains an
excellent protection.
The same
problem occurs with cellular telephones. According to a study presented at a conference on pathogens in Chicago last week,12% of cell phones at the Medical Center of Soroka University (Israel) were infected by a
very dangerous bacteria, Acinobacter baumanii.
Cell phones are contaminated by staff who do not wash their
hands after treating each patient.
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