HYGIENE IN HOSPITALS

MOST FREQUENT SITES OF INFECTION AND THEIR RISK FACTORS
1. LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS
2. BLOOD INFECTIONS
3. SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS
4. URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS
THERE ARE 4 MOMENTS WHEN HAND HYGIENE IS PERFORMED
1. BEFORE INITIAL PATIENT
2. BEFORE ASEPTIC OR CLEAN PROCEDURE
3. AFTER BODY FLUID EXPOSURE RISK
4. AFTER PATIENT OR PATIENT ENVIRONMENT CONTACT
EFFICACY OF HAND HYGIENE PREPARATIONS IN KILLING BACTERIA
1. GOOD - PLAIN SOAP
2. BEST ALCOHOL BASED HANDDRUB
3. B ETTER - ANTIMICRBIAL SOAP
ESSENTIALS OF STANDARD PRECAUTIONS TO BE USED IN THE CARE OF ALL PATIENST
1. HAND WASHING
2. GLOVES
3. MASK, EYE PROTECTION, FE SACHIELS
4. GOWN
5. PATIENT-CARE EQUIPMENT
6. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
7. LINEN
8. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS
9. PLACE OF CARE OF PATIENT

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	Created by Patricia Guevara about 6 years ago