Health-care associated infections are the most common adverse events affecting hospitalized patients. Hand hygiene is the most important preventive measure against health-care associated infections yet compliance is often below 40%.
Performing hand hygiene properly:
- Prevents nosocomial infections in patients
- Prevents cross-transmission of micro-organisms between patients
- Prevents hospital environment pathogen contamination
- Protects health-care providers from occupational infectious diseases such as immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Hepatitis C virus (HCV)
Hand rubbing with alcohol formulated products is preferred in most situations over hand washing with soap and water.
Advantages to hand rubbing with alcohol:
- Point-of-care availability
- Greater anti-microbial efficacy
- Faster Use
- Better skin tolerability
The University of Geneva Hospitals explains the importance of accessibility to alcohol hand rubbing products within the point-of-care to interrupt transmission of pathogens in health-care settings:
Provided by The New England Journal of Medicine
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