Canada Hospital Launches Clean Hands Campaign

Banners such as "Clean Hands Save Lives" and "Stop and Sanitize" greet patients, employees, and visitors at Windsor Regional Hospital in Canada. The hospital has launched a new campaign in hopes of stopping the spread of infection, especially the country's recent strain of C.diff. The hospital's president and CEO recognized that, '"something as simple as hand washing, that we learn as young children, can save lives."' He also admitted that the primary transmitter of infections such as C.diff are contaminated hands. He's right. Experts estimate that less than 50% of healthcare professionals adequately wash their hands.
Along with their hand hygiene campaign, Windsor Hospital is also one of the only Ontario hospitals that publicly reports its infection rates.

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