An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Benjamin Franklin

Infection Control

Back to the Basics: Reviewing the importance of basic infection control principals like the proper steps to put on and take off PPE’s and hand-washing and drying is vital to protect clients, loved-ones, our community and Personal Support Workers from the harms of infectious agents.

Fact

An infection control study investigating contamination of healthcare workers found that after patient contact, 36 % had multi-drug resistant organisms on their PPE or hands, and 39% contaminated themselves when removing PPE.

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