Failing to clean high-touch items. Bed rails, light switches, toilet han-
dles, faucets, IV poles — these could all benefit from being wiped
down about 6 times a day. They're all big transmission points, especially
for Clostridium difficile patients.
Glossing over items
that get moved from
patient to patient.
Too often people just
give a cursory wipe
when they're dealing
with a large vital signs
monitor or an Accu-
Chek machine. But
even healthy patients
have organisms on
their skin, and they
may have resistant
organisms that
shouldn't be passed
around. The next
patient might be more
immune-compromised
and more susceptible.
Using one small cloth
on a large surface.
When staff do this, they
can end up just moving
bacteria around. Use as
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