WHO urges doctors to wash their hands often

Infection when lying in hospital treatment according to WHO experts is primarily due to non-compliance with the personal hygiene regulations of health workers themselves. In particular, the medical staff did not pay attention to washing hands before each contact with patients.

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In the world, almost 1 in 10 people get an infection from a harmful microorganism, but in the latent disease stage. That number is stated in the summary of the World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced to the press.

WHO urges health workers to wash their hands often when exposed to the disease
multiplication to minimize the phenomenon of superinfection during treatment in hospitals.

WHO experts also assessed the internal infection index of hospitals in developed countries. According to the studies, for every 100 hospitalized people, up to 7 people are infected with a new infection during treatment here. In developing countries, this rate is even higher, up to 10%.

WHO experts also said that hospital infections are much more common in patients in intensive care departments and recovery departments. The number of patients with multiple infections in these departments is 1/3.

WHO calls for all hospital staff to wash their hands more often with antiseptic solutions and without these solutions it is necessary to wash them with regular soap.