Jul 29 2009
Can you avoid hospital infections?
Be a proactive patient! A recent Mayo Clinic post listed tips for preventing hospital infection. Discussion points include selecting your surgeon and asking about pre-surgery antibiotics. Two of the points they mention are suggestions that many articles discuss but that most of us are reluctant to act upon:
- Ask your healthcare professionals to wash their hands if you don’t see them either washing their hands or using an antibacterial cleanser.
- If anyone is coughing near you, insist that they wear a mask.
The Washington Post has an additional list of tips to help prevent hospital-acquired infections. This article states that if you’re planning a Caesarian Section, the same tips should be followed.
