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Janet Glowitz, PhD, RN

Clean Hands Count to Keep Patients Safe
from Healthcare Associated Infections

Janet Glowicz, PhD, RN, Infection Preventionist
CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion

Patients can get infections in the hospital while they are being treated for something else. On any given day, about one in 31 hospital patients has at least one healthcare-associated infection. One of the ways germs that cause these infections can spread in healthcare settings is from patient to patient on the unclean hands of healthcare personnel.

Janet Glowitz, PhD, RN is an infection preventionist and Hand Hygiene Subject Matter Expert at CDC. In a new post on CDC’s Safe Healthcare Blog, Janet explains the importance of clean hands in healthcare settings and how this critically important infection prevention measure applies to every type of patient, in every healthcare setting.

Read more and learn how Clean Hands Count, Protect and Save Lives on CDC's Safe Healthcare Blog.

#CleanHandsCount to keep patients safe from healthcare associated infections. CDC’s Janet Glowitz explains the importance of #HandHygiene in healthcare settings in a new #safehealthcareblog post. https://go.usa.gov/xm5W2