Safety Talk

What’s at Stake? Infections are a serious problem in healthcare facilities. Many people develop an infection while using healthcare services. Such infections are known as healthcare associated infections (HAI).  There is extensive research evidence that many HAI’s develop because of infections being transmitted to, and between patients, on the hands of healthcare personnel. Hand hygiene is the single most important act you can do to reduce the transmission of healthcare-associated infections. For this reason, it is part of Standard Precautions. What’s the Danger? Every year an estimated 2 million patients get a hospital-related infection. 90,000 people die from their infections. Since many patients […]