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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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Major consummer concern over antibiotic resistance in the US |
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Written by Christine Besson
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Tuesday, 07 June 2005 |
According to a national survey sponsored by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), a majority of consummers (66%) are aware of the problem of antibiotic resistance and its consequence, the rise of dangerous infectious diseases. The majority consider the problem to be extremely serious for the US healthcare system overall.
The survey shows that 52% of consummers have contracted a serious infectious disease in the hospital or in the community or know someone who has.
People who have contracted one of these infectious diseases consider that it was extremely severe, actually the most severe medical condition they ever had.
However, despite this high level of awareness, most people do not realize the extent of the problem neither its consequences on public health and hospitals finances ( over 5 billions US$ per year according to the CDC, Center for Diseases Control).
The study was done in May 2005 with a national sample of 1003 adults over 18 across the nation. The margin of error is +/- 3,1 %. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals founded the survey.
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