Clarke County Hospital in Osceola, Iowa, has kept infection rates down by focusing on these four areas, according to an Osceola Sentinel-Tribune report:
1. Placing personal protective supplies at all entrances. Masks, gloves and other protection supplies are readily available to anyone who needs or wants them.
2. Enforcing hand hygiene. The hospital has reached a 98 percent hand hygiene compliance rate through a hand hygiene awareness campaign and carrying out random hand cultures.
3. Keeping the facility clean. The hospital was named to Becker's list of the Top 40 Cleanest Hospitals in 2012.
4. Encouraging employee health. A nurse on staff is available to provide all employees with vaccination and personal health information, and employees with a contagious disease ate encouraged to stay home.
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1. Placing personal protective supplies at all entrances. Masks, gloves and other protection supplies are readily available to anyone who needs or wants them.
2. Enforcing hand hygiene. The hospital has reached a 98 percent hand hygiene compliance rate through a hand hygiene awareness campaign and carrying out random hand cultures.
3. Keeping the facility clean. The hospital was named to Becker's list of the Top 40 Cleanest Hospitals in 2012.
4. Encouraging employee health. A nurse on staff is available to provide all employees with vaccination and personal health information, and employees with a contagious disease ate encouraged to stay home.
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