That strategy includes making sure proper hand hygiene policies in health care facilities are actually followed.
The standards covered basics, from hand hygiene to measures for stomach-ulcer prevention.
But she said it was important to remember hand hygiene was still the most effective measure in combating the spread of hospital infections.
The nurse manager gets an e-mail message three hours into the shift with detailed information about hand hygiene rates, and again at the end.
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The health board has stressed the importance of good hand hygiene.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that baseline compliance for hand hygiene was just 26 percent in intensive care units and 36 percent in non-ICUs.
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Signs posted throughout the hospital discourage anyone from visiting who has a cough or fever, she said, and anyone who does visit with those symptoms must wear a mask and perform hand hygiene.
Study after study shows marked reductions in transmission in public spaces when hand hygiene is practiced, and a recent study found nearly undetectable influenza particle levels after hands contaminated with influenza were washed with either soap and water or an over-the-counter gel containing at least 50 percent alcohol.
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China's government has also advised people to maintain good personal hygiene, including frequent hand-washing and avoid direct contact with sick or dead animals.
The Chinese government has stepped up its disease surveillance, and has advised people to maintain good personal hygiene, including frequent hand-washing and avoiding direct contact with sick or dead animals.
So far the grassroots group has completed about 20 low-cost clean water, sanitation and hygiene projects, including hand dug wells, rehabilitation of existing wells and construction of communal latrines, that have benefited at least 7, 000 people.
Doctors advise using "simple but effective" hygiene measures such as frequent hand-washing, covering your mouth with a tissue when coughing and sneezing, and putting the tissue into a bin.
She helped hand out 1, 600 boxes containing food (including holiday turkeys) and hygiene products to 800 families, some of whom had waited in line up to six hours in 30-degree weather to receive the goods.
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