AJITH KOZHIKOTE ON DOCTORS' HAND HYGIENE

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• AJITH KOZHIKOTE
• ON
• DOCTORS' HAND HYGIENE

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NEED FOR HAND HYGIENE

• Doctors have to be extra cautious about their
  hygiene because they have a responsibility of
  saving someone's life. Everybody has germs on
  their bodies, so if the physicians would avoid
  following the health rules, they can effect the
  health of so many patients. These germs can be
  picked easily through a normal contact with a
  person, so if they are transferred from a life
  saver, then what is the need of any treatment.
• Most of the germs are transferred through hand
  contact.

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SOME FACTS

• 1. The hand hygiene audit data in Australia
  revealed that the nurses followed the rules more
  strongly and doctors kept ignoring the hand
  hygiene due to several reasons, leaving the
  compliance rates of 83 and 66 respectively.
• 2. According to the World Health Organization,
  the neglect in the health hygiene has caused
  numerous infections, and has caused many deaths.
• 3. A study revealed that in Geneva, the use of
  alcohol based hand wash increased the hand
  hygiene up to 66 in five years.

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WHEN YOU NEED HAND HYGIENE?

• Hand hygiene is must before the the point of care
• You must wash your hands before coming in contact
  with a patient
• If there is a risk of body fluid exposure
• After coming in contact from any patient
• Before and after any medical process

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PROPER WAY OF HAND WASH

• Rub your hands properly with an alcohol based
  formulation
• Don't wash your hands with soap and water,
  immediately after using an alcohol based
  formulation to avoid the risk of contact
  dermatitis.
• Dry your hands thoroughly to remove the pathogens
  from your hands completely.
• You must wash your hands for at least 40-60
  seconds to reduce the growth of germs on your
  hands.

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EFFORTS TAKEN BY THE HOSPITALS

• The increasing diseases and infections because of
  the poor hygiene have encouraged the hospitals to
  take some steps towards improving the percentage
  of hand hygiene in their health institutions.
• Many hospitals used the soap bottles or the
  alcohol formulation bottles which carried the
  message, A simple hand wash can save your life.
  Some other messages which really improved the
  compliance rate were Wash hands to save the
  lives of your patients.

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• Don't hesitate to remind the Doctor or Nurse to
  wash their hands before coming in contact with
  you. It is not just about you, but about them too.

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• Stay Safe Stay Healthy
• With
• Ajith Kozhikote