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Making a difference-Infection Prevention
Dr Emma Watson
Consultant Microbiologist
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
HCAI: a global problem• At any time, over 1.4 million people
worldwide suffer from infections associated with healthcare
• In developed countries about 5-10% of patients admitted to acute care hospitals acquire an infection*
HCAI: England and Wales
• In England HCAIs are estimated to cause the deaths of at least 5000 patients every year and cost the NHS £1 billion*
• This equates to an infection of a patient every two minutes and the death of a patient every two hours***
The answer is in your hands.
Hands are the main way in which infection is spread so when you clean your hands before and after every patient contact it helps to stop the bugs spreading
YET most healthcare workers clean their hands less than half the number of times they should*
Reducing MRSA
MRSA Bacteraemias NW SHA April 06-June08
0200400600800
1,0001,2001,4001,6001,8002,000
MRSA Bacteraemias
Reducing Clostridium difficile
Cases of Cdifficile >65 NW SHA April 06-June08
02,0004,0006,0008,000
10,00012,00014,00016,00018,000
Cases of Cdifficile >65