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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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The superstrain of C. difficile has now reached Ohio Hospitals |
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Written by Christine Besson
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Sunday, 13 November 2005 |
 Cleveland hospitals have agreed to report C.difficile infections in January. The highly toxic strain of C. diff. that killed thousands of patients in Canada and some other American states has invaded the Cleveland area and also some other hospitals outside Cleveland.
Dr N. Blair, director of the Ohio Department of Health, refused to discuss the situation and how hospitals would respond to the threat.
The state of Ohio has not yet voted a law obliging its hospitals to report infections. There is still a debate on how to collect and report infection data.
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