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It’s about protecting patients, visitors, and healthcare workers from getting infections, so we’re inviting you to join us and help us prevent the spread of infections. Our goal: Is to protect patients, visitors, and healthcare workers from acquiring infections. So, we invite you to join us in helping prevent the spread of infections. (Infection Control … Continued
Symptoms: Fever – headache – extreme fatigue – cough – sore throat – runny nose – muscle pain. Complications: Bacterial pneumonia – dehydration – worsening of chronic medical conditions. How it spreads: From person to person through droplets produced by coughing and sneezing. Prevention: Seasonal flu vaccine. Hand hygiene. Avoid close contact with sick individuals. … Continued
Black bag: regular household-like waste. Red bag: infectious medical waste. Safety box: sharp infectious medical waste.
Wash your hands with soap and water or use hand sanitizer before and after visiting the patient. Avoid touching the surgery area or the surgical dressings. Before going home, make sure you understand all the instructions on how to take care of the surgery area. Always wash your hands before and after handling the surgery … Continued
To protect patients, visitors, and staff from getting infections, please follow the instructions posted on the room door, according to the type of infection and its mode of transmission. Airborne Isolation Precautions: •Applied for diseases that spread through very small droplets in the air (like pulmonary tuberculosis, measles, and chickenpox). Upon visiting: Please check with … Continued
Antibiotic resistance and what you can do about it? Antibiotic Resistance: Antibiotic resistance happens when bacteria change and become resistant to the antibiotics used to treat the infections they cause. This resistance harms our ability to treat infectious diseases and undermines much of the progress made in medicine. We need to handle antibiotics carefully to … Continued
