Reducing Infections Within Hospitals

Helen Musgrove, Infection Control Auditor and Consultant | Erin Lloyd, Group Head of Nursing, Quality and Risk Management of a Regional Healthcare Institution

02-Aug-17 16:00

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We expect to get healed in hospitals, to walk out feeling much better than before. We do not expect to pick up infections in hospitals, but it happens. In the United States alone, every year more than 700,000 patients get infected during their time in hospitals. What is the situation like in Southeast Asia, and what can we do about it?

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