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5 Precautions for Hospital Patients and Visitors to Heed
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May 4, 2017 - 10:34:44 AM

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - PARK RIDGE, ILLINOIS
– The last thing a patient should have to worry about is a hospital-acquired infection (HAI), courtesy of a family member or friend. In recognition of World Hand Hygiene Day, May 5, the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) offers five hand-hygiene tips every hospital patient and their visitor should follow.

According to the World Health Organization, hand hygiene is the primary way to reduce healthcare-associated infections.1

For the health of both patient and visitors, clean hands help save lives.

To learn more, visit these resources:

CDC Handwashing Guidelineshttps://www.cdc.gov/handhygiene/patients/index.html

Clean Hands Count video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzkNSzqmUSY

How to Maintain Cell Phone Hygiene Without Damaging Your Phone: http://itsegment.net/27101/how-to-maintain-cell-phone-hygiene-without-damaging-your-phone

How Germy Is Your Phone?
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/cellphone-germs-sick-cellphone-making-sick-24501427

Center for Transforming Healthcare (CTHC)http://www.centerfortransforminghealthcare.org/faq.aspx?faq#2084

CTHC - Hand Hygiene Project
http://www.centerfortransforminghealthcare.org/faq.aspx?faq#2092

 

1 http://www.centerfortransforminghealthcare.org/faq.aspx?faq#2084

About the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Founded in 1931 and located in Park Ridge, Ill., and Washington, D.C., the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) is the professional organization representing more than 50,000 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and student registered nurse anesthetists across the United States. As advanced practice registered nurses and anesthesia specialists, CRNAs administer approximately 43 million anesthetics to patients in the United States each year and are the primary providers of anesthesia care in rural America. In some states, CRNAs are the sole anesthesia professionals in nearly 100 percent of rural hospitals. For more information, visit www.aana.com and http://www.future-of-anesthesia-care-today.com/ and follow @aanawebupdates on Twitter.

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