Why Cleanliness of Hands is Important to Control Infection

Any health care unit big or small poses the risk of infection all the time. And if not controlled properly, even a common ailment can turn into a serious disease in such environment. Therefore, infection control is an essential part of a health care center. It chooses to follow a combination of measures like supervision, analysis, management and also the practices of good habits including maintaining hygiene, sterilization and safe disposal. All these implementations help to avoid the spread of infection and contain it when required.

Apart from the above-given measures, there is another infection control measure that is hand washing that helps to reduce the chances of an infection breakout.

Let’s discuss this extremely important safety measure.

1. When to Use Hand Washing procedures

• Generally, you should wash your hands before any medical investigation but especially when performing an intrusive medical procedure like a surgical operation or use of any invasive medical device or equipment. Additionally, hands must be cleaned and sanitized before treating patients who are vulnerable to any infection or even when dealing with newborn babies. Finally, hygiene procedures must be followed when attending to any wound that has developed in broken skin, which makes it easier for infections to enter into the body.

2. Using Effective Cleaning Agents

• Using antiseptic soap in the form of liquid or bar and then rubbing your hands strongly to loosen and suspend germs which can then be rinsed with water. However, you may consider using UV Hand Sanitizer Products that instantly kills the germs and allow it to dry off when you start rubbing your hands. Such kind of 'chemical' hand washing must be followed especially when working with high-risk patients.

Nowadays, there are ample of equipment and cleaning systems available to help in infection control. But still beside the availability of these modern techniques, equipment, a simple procedure of hand washing remains exceptionally important and is, in fact, one of the most practical ways to avoid the spread of infection, and thus must be followed at all times.