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As a physician in long-term care, I see repeated infections
people who were not infected who come into the facility
and all of a sudden have the same disease as their roomie
what kinds of things can we do
to avoid, to prevent these the recurrent infections and these new infections? >>If we can educate
enough on the importance of the day-to-day things of washing our hands
good soap and water wash, fifteen seconds
protecting ourselves
from spreading these organisms by wearing the appropriate personal protective equipment
we'll do a much better job of containing those infections and stopping the spread from one resident to
another.
The most important thing in preventing infections, and respiratory infections is what? >>Washing your hands.
Washing your hands. >>Washing your hands.
>>Infection prevention this everyone's responsibility. Infections in long-term care settings occur frequently
up to ninety thousand patients die every year as a direct result of an infection that was
not present before they were admitted to a hospital.
Unfortunately, these numbers are expected to be higher in long-term care settings.