Here are three tips:
1. Make sure your uniforms are clean. Wash healthcare uniforms very carefully and use the highest quality sanitizers and detergents. When washing, use water hot enough to kill pathogens.
2. Frequently wash your hands. Make hygiene products readily accessible for employees. To ensure hand hygiene compliance, make sure the tools are located in high traffic areas like entryways; in and outside patient and exams rooms; and in restrooms and cafeteria rooms.
3. Routinely clean the facility. Use microfibers as those cleaning systems have shown to remove up to 98 percent of bacteria and 93 percent of viruses from surfaces using only water.
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