Friday, March 20, 2020

Tips to avoid coronavirus infection

When the whole world is gripped with coronavirus pandemic, each of us can do our small bits to help ourselves and others from spreading this disease. Let us act as responsible citizens. Let us pray and wish good health to all.

Hand hygiene
Wash hands frequently with soap and water at least for 20 seconds. Do this especially when you had been to a public place and if you had to sneeze, cough or blow your nose.


Washing with soap and water is the best way to disinfect your hands. If you have to depend on sanitizers for this purpose, use a good sanitizer that has at least 60 % alcohol. The right way to use a sanitizer is to cover the entire surface of both your hands and rub the hands together till the hands feel dry.
Nevver touch your nose, eyes and mouth with unwashed hands.


Managing contact with other people.
Never get in close contact with people those who are sick
Stay at a comfortable distance with people of you find COVID-19 spreading in your community. People who are at a higher risk of getting infected must follow this rule diligently.


Your responsibility towards others
If you're sick, never move out from home except for receiving medical are. If you're mildly ill due to COVID-19, you can recover at home. Visiting public areas when you're ill is never acceptable.
If you're sick, never use public transportation or sharing transportation like taxis and auto-rickshaws.


Good practices while coughing and sneezing
If you've to cough or sneeze, cover your nose and moth with a tissue. Once used, discard the tissue in a trash.
After sneezing or coughing, wash your hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and water. While using hand sanitizer must ensure you're depending on the one having 60 % alcohol.


Face mask and corona virus infections
If you're sick and if need to be in the vicinity of other people, wearing a face mask is a must. \do this without fail if you visit a healthcare provider. In case you've difficulties in wearing a face mask, you must cover your coughs and sneezes. Advice people who are caring for you to wear face mask.


Facemasks are in huge demand today, if you're not sick, you do not need to wear a face mask, if you're not a caregiver to someone suffering from corona virus infection.


Disinfect frequently touched surfaces
Identify those surfaces that are frequently touched by people and disinfect them daily. Here we're talking about tables, doorknobs, countertops, desks, handles, keyboards, toilets, sinks, faucets, phones, switches and others. Before disinfection, clean the surfaces with soap and water before you attempt to disinfect them.


For different surfaces, different disinfectants will come in handy. Choose the right products and make use of them in the prescribed way to stay safe.


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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

‘Washing of hands is an instant self-administered vaccine’

What is the importance of hand wash? How does it translate into better patient care?

Healthcare-associated infections are drawing more attention. This is not only because of the magnitude of the problem in terms of associated morbidity, mortality and cost of treatment but also due to the growing recognition that most of these are preventable.

The medical community is witnessing unprecedented advancements in understanding of pathophysiology of infectious diseases and the global spread of multi drug-resistant infections in healthcare set-ups. These factors have necessitated a relook into the role of basic practices of infection prevention in modern day health care.

There is now undisputed evidence that strict adherence to hand hygiene reduces the risk of cross-transmission of infections. With ‘Clean Care is Safer Care’ as the prime agenda of the global initiative by the WHO on patient safety programmes, it is time for developing countries to formulate much-needed policies for implementation of basic infection prevention practices.

A thorough disinfectant hand wash is necessary for everyone at all times and in all situations. Effective hand wash minimises the spread of potentially deadly germs. It also protects against secondary infections.

Every patient is at risk of infection while under treatment and healthcare providers are at a risk of infection while treating patients. Hand wash is, therefore, an instant self-administered vaccine. Preventing the spread of germs is especially important in hospitals and other facilities like dialysis centres, ICUs, OPDs and wards. Washing your hands properly is one of the most important things you can do to help prevent and control the spread of illnesses.

What is being done to improve the situation?

The best and most effective way to address the situation is awareness, education and action. The government has undertaken several initiatives towards this. With healthcare and public health partners, the government is raising awareness about hand hygiene in hospitals and in the community. Hand hygiene is practised by healthcare providers and encouraged among attendants and patients to prevent infection. We have a robust initiative which motivates people to wash their hands. As part of this initiative, they are advised to clean hands before eating, and before and after direct contact with a patient’s intact skin [taking a pulse or blood pressure, performing physical examinations, lifting the patient in bed, etc.]; after contact with blood, body fluids or excretions, mucous membranes, or wound dressings, after contact with inanimate objects [including medical equipment] in the immediate vicinity of the patient; and after using the restroom.

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