Aster DM Healthcare, marked the International Infection Control Week the Global Hand Hygiene Day by spreading awareness among healthcare professionals.
Week long activities being held at the Aster Hospital and Aster Medical Centers across the country until tomorrow (Saturday), with an ultimate aim to enhance patient safety.
Studies have shown that although compliance rates are improving, significant percentage of health care workers fail to consistently wash their hands between patients. Most of studies have strongly correlated that the basic cause of any disease is infection spread through the hands.
At Aster, infection prevention and control program is driven by guidelines, recommendations and regulations governing practice that are issued by the Ministry of Public Health and other groups those are stakeholders in patient and healthcare worker safety.
Every healthcare worker including doctors; nurses; paramedical, housekeeping and administrator staff have equal role in infection prevention and control activity.
Aster DM Healthcare is observing International Infection Control Week the Global Hand Hygiene Day as a continuous commitment towards infection prevention and control for the wellbeing of patients and healthcare workers.
