The Prevention Efforts Towards Healthcare Associated Infections

Hand hygiene practices are important thing to infection prevention and control practice. As health provider especially ED staff or front liner, to follow hand washing protocols is necessary in any situation. According Practice Standard (2009) four major elements to preventing practice; hand washing, protective barriers, care of equipment and health practice of nurse. Cite from Health Promotion Agency for Northern Ireland, scientists has found around 45% of infections can be prevented by washing hands regularly. MOH (2010) increasing in hand-washing compliance by

Thoroughly washing your hands can be one of the best ways to prevent the spread of pathogens that cause illnesses. Our bodies have several lines of defense to fight infections. It is very important to do what we can do to avoid the pathogens from entering our system in the first place. Our hands pick up microscopic pathogens from objects that were touched by people who may not have washed their hands very well. When we forget to wash our hands or don’t wash them properly, we can spread pathogens from our hands to our internal systems by touching other parts of our body. During this lab activity, my partner and I will test the effectiveness of different hand-washing times, techniques, and

Procedures and systems relevant to the prevention and control of infection are following companies’ policies and procedures which relate to correct hand washing procedure, wearing correct PPE for example gloves, aprons and protective clothing, the correct disposal of waste and using the correct cleaning equipment when cleaning spillages, surfaces, equipment, etc.

Hand washing is the topic for Community Teaching Plan. Hand washing means to wash hands with water and soap, but sometimes without soap to remove the dirt, soil and microorganisms from the hand. Author explains the importance of handwashing, indications proper technique of handwashing. This also covers how handwashing helps in control of disease and infection.

This experiment illustrates the importance of handwashing and proves that hand washing is worth it. Since our hands are constantly coming into contact with ourselves and others, touching surfaces, grabbing objects, being sneezed into, etc., keeping our hands clean is one of the most effective, yet simple way we can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others. Many diseases and conditions are spread by not washing hands with soap and clean, running warm water. “The human skin is a host to anywhere between 10,000-10,000,000 bacteria per square centimeter and since health care providers come into contact with pathogenic bacteria by being engaged in patient care, hand washing can reduce the risk of spreading diseases (page 3).” The objective of the experiment is to test the effectiveness of hand washing and demonstrate normal flora. This report presents the procedures and materials for the experiment, the experiment's results, and an analysis of those results.

The importance of proper hand hygiene has been known for many years. “It has long been an established fact that one of the most dangerous agents in the transfer of bacteria is the human hand with its five fingers…Such being the case, pray let us teach our students to wash their hands and see to it that they

- Discussions and teaching sessions of children washing their hand prior to meals, and after the toilet.

The Healthy People 2020 has two over riding goals: Prevent, reduce, and ultimately eliminate healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), and promote respiratory health through better prevention, detection, treatment, and education efforts.

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Hygiene and healthy living practices are important aspects of human life that are imparted onto an individual right from childhood. However, there are lapses in hand washing hygiene amongst parents and teachers thereby occasioning an unrestricted spread of germs. This in turn leads to the spread of flu and common cold as well as other strange hybrid diseases. This paper seeks to lay out a work plan for teaching proper hand washing and its importance to preschoolers. This would be geared toward reinforcing hand washing in the children and thus change their habits both at home and school. As more dangerous and contagious germs are being discovered each day, one would owe it to the preschoolers to promote the hand washing skill.

(Nagel 22). Student nurses and volunteers should place emphasis on hand-washing before and after contact

The Ted Talk video that I chose was the “The Simple Power of Handwashing” by Myriam Sidibe illustrates how if we wash our hands more frequently we would not get sick as often. Sidible compares the number of children that get sick from not washing their hands to a plane crash filled with children. About 600,000 children contract diarrhea or pneumonia because they do not properly wash their hands. The situation I want to investigate is the problem on why the children do not wash their hands because it is very important to do so in order to be healthy. A key factor in not coming down with a cold or diarrhea is to simply wash one’s hands often especially before eating or touching one’s mouth or eyes.

1. Keep all sores or cuts on you and the children’s hands covered with a waterproof plaster.

The issue that needs to be addressed, is how can we promote good hand washing habits efficiently, to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. For this reason, Kohler will be introducing the “Hygieia”. The Hygieia is a hands free motion detecting sink that dispenses water, and soap simultaneously. Each year, foodborne diseases contribute to approximately 76 million illnesses (“What Germs,” 2013). Improvement in handwashing practices amongst food workers’ is crucial to reducing the incidence of foodborne illnesses (“What Germs,” 2013).

Medical asepsis: I used medical asepsis by properly hand washing for at least 15 minutes using antimicrobial soap, using alcohol based hand-rub, utilizing gloves when appropriate, and handling linens in a way that reduces transmission of microorganisms. I wash my hand or apply hand-rub and wear gloves before administering medications, giving bath or shower to the patient, making bed, and during physical contact if the patient has a skin breakdown. I also disinfect shower chairs with a disinfectant, discard soiled linens separately in bag and transport it to its designated place, and Inspect if the new linen is clean and dry.