Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to Annette Jeanes.
From modern matrons to student nurses, everyone is responsible for the environment in which they work. All nurses should be aware of the cleaning system used in their organisation and be able to follow it when necessary. A clean ward or clinic will help prevent hospital-acquired infections and promote patient and visitor confidence.
The options for keeping hands clean in hospital include soap; antimicrobial solutions; iodine and iodophours; and alcohol solutions and rubs. Following the recent directive for alcohol rubs to be placed at hospital bedsides, this paper considers the pros and cons of these and other hand-hygiene methods.
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Achieving compliance with hand hygiene can be difficult. Annette Jeanes explains how a new approach to marketing hand hygiene produced sustained positive results.
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Hand hygiene is one of the most important means of reducing the transmission of infection. At University Hospital Lewisham, efforts to improve hand hygiene have included better sink, soap and towel provision, and the distribution of posters, leaflets, badges, balloons and pens. There are signs pointing to the nearest sink, and hand decontaminants at the end of most beds.
Alcohol-base hand decontaminants should be available to all staff who have contact with patients. Annette Jeanes describes how such decontaminants work, and how they should be used.
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