Many studies are done on the causes of spread of infectious disease, and their conclusion have been due to the transfer of germs, bacteria or viruses from one person to another. All the studies comes done to the fact that proper hand washing technique can prevent the spread of those diseases. “Every year, lives are lost because of the spread of infections in hospitals. Health care workers can take steps to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. These steps are part of infection control” (Medline Plus). People fall sick or even lose their life because of infectious diseases that are passed by germs from one to another. When it comes to health care providers they have to be really careful because they can become the transferring agent of
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But when it comes to hand sanitizers, it does not necessary kills all the germs because sometime we do not allow enough time to dry it off so it can work over germs. And hand sanitizer do not really clean soil dirty hands. There is another backlash to hand sanitizers, “From 2011 – 2015, U.S. poison control centers received nearly 85,000 calls about hand sanitizer exposures among children 3. Children may be particularly likely to swallow hand sanitizers that are scented, brightly colored, or attractively packaged. Hand sanitizers should be stored out of the reach of young children and should be used with adult supervision. Child-resistant caps could also help reduce hand sanitizer-related poisonings among young children” (cdc). For family with little children, they have to be really carefully about hand sanitizers because just as any other shiny and bright things that kids like to put in their mouth. They are also likely to put hand sanitizer in their mouth as their exploring games. So, for those families having hand sanitizer can cause more harm than help. The simple and easy step of hand washing with soap and water can come in handy for families with …show more content…
We cleaned all the equipment before and after every patient use. We cleaned the equipment in front of the patients so that they also know that we clean equipment. Also, because since they see us do it they will remember it too for their day and they will try to implement in their life. In conclusion, universal precaution of hand washing is really important to stop diseases from spreading. To keep our families at home and patients in the hospitals or in any other facilities infection free for diseases causing germs, bacteria, and virus. Universal precaution of hand washing does not just apply to nurses, it applies to everyone to themselves healthy and away from
But when it comes to hand sanitizers, it does not necessary kills all the germs because sometime we do not allow enough time to dry it off so it can work over germs. And hand sanitizer do not really clean soil dirty hands. There is another backlash to hand sanitizers, “From 2011 – 2015, U.S. poison control centers received nearly 85,000 calls about hand sanitizer exposures among children 3. Children may be particularly likely to swallow hand sanitizers that are scented, brightly colored, or attractively packaged. Hand sanitizers should be stored out of the reach of young children and should be used with adult supervision. Child-resistant caps could also help reduce hand sanitizer-related poisonings among young children” (cdc). For family with little children, they have to be really carefully about hand sanitizers because just as any other shiny and bright things that kids like to put in their mouth. They are also likely to put hand sanitizer in their mouth as their exploring games. So, for those families having hand sanitizer can cause more harm than help. The simple and easy step of hand washing with soap and water can come in handy for families with …show more content…
We cleaned all the equipment before and after every patient use. We cleaned the equipment in front of the patients so that they also know that we clean equipment. Also, because since they see us do it they will remember it too for their day and they will try to implement in their life. In conclusion, universal precaution of hand washing is really important to stop diseases from spreading. To keep our families at home and patients in the hospitals or in any other facilities infection free for diseases causing germs, bacteria, and virus. Universal precaution of hand washing does not just apply to nurses, it applies to everyone to themselves healthy and away from