infection control

If your hands and wrists are not bare, if your nails aren't short and tidy, you can't wash your hands properly. We all learn this when we first go to the operating room and are introduced to the ritual of "scrubbing".

Well, it is time to bring the scrub to the wards. It's simple. We'll all take off our dirty white coats, roll up our sleeves, leave our rings and watches at home and scrub. Nothing fancy, no complicated rules about who has MRSA or VRE or C. difficile or ESBL, just good clean hands.

Here is a bit of foreshadowing of messaging for an upcoming campaign to encourage attention to simple measures to prevent infections.

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