Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a threat to patient safety. They can affect patients in all healthcare settings, negatively impacting morbidity and mortality and the costs of care.[1-3] No one should catch an avoidable infection while receiving or giving health care.
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Hands have been proven to be a major carrier of infectious organisms. A structured approach to hand hygiene is crucial for preventing infections and can make a difference.
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We recommend that an antibacterial whole-body wash be performed on all patients as a universal decolonization before their elective hospitalization and surgery. This is intended to reduce the burden of colonization with microbials.
Patient zone surfaces
Properly conducted surface cleaning and disinfection is a basic requirement for successful as well as sustainable hygiene in health care settings.
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World Health Organization. Report on the burden of endemic health care-associated infection worldwide. Geneva: WHO; 2011. Available at: http://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/80135 [last accessed December 2022]
Graves N, Weinhold D, Tong E, Birrell F, Doidge S, Ramritu P, Halton K, Lairson D, Whitby M. Effect of healthcare-acquired infection on length of hospital stay and cost. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Mar;28(3):280-92. doi: 10.1086/512642. Epub 2007 Feb 20. PMID: 17326018.
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