Hospital staff can reduce costs, save lives, and prevent Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) with the right combination of infection control supplies and procedures. Learn more with this presentation.

1. Hospital Acquired Infections
A guide for preventing HAIs
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2. What is a Hospital Acquired Infection?
 A Hospital Acquired Infection (aka nosocomial infection) refers to
any disease-causing infection that favors and thrives in a hospital
environment.
 Bacteria, viruses, and fungus all have potential to become HAIs.
 HAIs are particularly dangerous because patients in hospitals
typically have compromised immune systems from either illness or
medical treatments.
 Also, many types of hospital equipment bypass the body’s natural
defenses to administer treatment. If an instrument such as an intubation
tube, catheter, or needle is contaminated, the patient has a very high
chance of being infected.

3. The Cost of HAIs
 The Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates
that there are 2 million cases of HAI per year.
 Treatment costs for HAI in the US can reach
$4.5 - 11 billion annually.
 Of these 2 million HAI cases, the CDC estimates
20,000 patients die from HAI complications.

4. Preventing HAIs
 HAIs arise when there is a lapse in infection control
protocol in the hospital.
 Hospital staff can reduce costs, save lives, and prevent
HAIs with the right combination of
infection control supplies and procedures, including:
 Hand Hygiene
 Gloves
 Masks
 Safe Injection and Needle Practices
 Surface Disinfection

5. Hand Hygiene
 Hand hygiene is one of the easiest and most
effective ways to prevent HAI.
 Contact transmission is the number one way HAIs
spread.
 Optimum hand hygiene comes from properly
disinfecting your hands at the appropriate times
to disrupt the spread of HAI.

6. Hand Washing
 The CDC advises hospital staff to always disinfect hands:
 before patient contact
 after contact with blood, body fluids, or contaminated surfaces (even if
gloves are worn)
 before invasive procedures
 after removing gloves (gloves are not 100% preventative).
 To disinfect your hands, always use soap and water or
hand sanitizer.
 Hands-free sanitizer dispensers
are a quick way to disinfect and
reduce the spread of infection.

7. Gloves
 Medical gloves have a three-fold advantage against HAIs
when properly used:
 Gloves provide a protective barrier to prevent contamination
when touching infectious substances and surfaces.
 Gloves minimize the chance that microorganisms on the hands
will be transmitted to patients during patient-care procedures.
 After gloves have been in contact with a potentially infectious
material or surface, they can be thrown away to eliminate the
spread of infection.

8. Face Masks & Shields
 The face can both receive and spread infections,
making face protection critical in a hospital.
 Germs can enter through the eyes, mouth, nose,
and ears.
 The mouth and nose can spread infections
via airborne transmission.

9. Safe Needle Practices
 When mishandled, needles can be a serious infection risk.
 To prevent this, needles and other sharps must be properly stored and
disposed of.
 Always dispose of used sharps and needles in a
needle-proof bio-hazard container immediately.

10. Surface Disinfection
 Even if you’ve minimized HAIs by using the previous tools and
techniques, it’s still very important to practice surface disinfection.
 Patients, visitors, or lapses in disinfection procedures can quickly
and easily cross-contaminate multiple surfaces throughout a
hospital.
 Clostridium difficile (aka, C.diff) is
a common, and dangerous HAI.
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11. Stay Informed
 Lastly, you should stay up to date on disinfection
practices and procedures.
 The CDC website has the most up-to-date protocols
for HAI prevention.
Stay informed to stay safe!

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