Poor Hand Hygiene ÿ

Poor hand hygiene compliance has been linked to increased hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), and health care providers have been sued for negligence resulting in HAIs. With hand hygiene compliance a Joint Commission accreditation requirement and standard of care, poor hand hygiene compliance can be named as a causal factor for an HAI in a liability suit against a healthcare organization or individual provider. A woman in a hospital to give birth contracted genital herpes after nurses placed her in the same room as a patient showing signs of an active herpes infection. The nurses then failed to wash their […]

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