INFECTION CONTROL SIMPLE APPRAOCHES

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The Programme is Dedicated to Two Great people who contributed for Human Survival

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It is the duty of everyone to control the Infections in the Health care Demonstrate the devastating effects of inadequate infection control and know how to minimize the risks of contamination
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All the Health care Professional should be familiar

Know the extent of the problem of infection
Know the main causes and types of infection
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All the Health Care Professionals to be Familiar

apply universal precautions

be immunized against Hepatitis B

use personal protection methods

know what to do if exposed

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encourage others to use universal precautions

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What we all should Know Today ?

Antibiotics are losing the Potentials with emerging drug resistance
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Hospital acquired Infection a Threat to Everyone

increased rates of nosocomial infections

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What Happens to Infected Patients

infected patients: stay longer in hospital die treated with more toxic and less effective drugs prone to surgical site infections
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What are Important Campaigns going on

WHO Clean hands are safer hands campaign

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Centre for disease control ( CDC ) educates

Centres for Disease Control and Prevention campaign to prevent antimicrobial resistance in healthcare settings
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Institute of Health care Campaign

Institute for Healthcare Improvement 5 million lives campaign
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What Causes Infection

person-person via hands of health-care providers patients and visitors
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Our Personal equipment can cause Infections personal equipment (e.g. stethoscopes, personal digital assistants) and clothing
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Our Environment can be Threat to Patients environmental contamination airborne transmission

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A Carrier in be source of Infection

carriers on the hospital staff rare commonsource outbreaks
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Main types of infections

urinary track infections usually associated with catheters Surgical infections blood stream infections associated with the use of an intravascular device

pneumonia associated with ventilators

other sites
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Main types of infections

Burke J Infection control-a problem for patient safety New Eng Journal of Medicine
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Prevention through hand washing

how to clean hands rationale for choice of clean hand practice technique for hand hygiene protecting hands from decontaminates promoting adherence to hand hygiene guidelines
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Act to minimize spread of infection

before contact with each and every patient:
clean hands before touching a patient

clean hands before an aseptic task

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Act to minimize spread of infection

after contact with each and every patient:
clean hands after any risk of exposure to body fluids clean hands after actual patient contact clean hands after contact with patient surroundings

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Encourage others to participate in infection control

students may routinely observe staff who:
apply inadequate technique in hand washing fail to wash hands routinely violate correct infection control procedures

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What are Our Responsibilities

accept responsibility for minimizing opportunities for infection transmission

educate patients and families/visitors about clean hands and infection transmission
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Never Forget Everyone is a Active Member in the Infection Control

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HAND WASHING STILL WAY TO SAVE MANY LIVES

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Programme Created and Designed by Dr.T.V.Rao MD for world wide campaign on Creating safer Hospitals and Prevention of Infection Email doctortvrao@gmail.com
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