How to Make the Operating Theatre
Run Smoothly

Preventive body wash with chlorhexidine soap

Efforts to prevent healthcare-related infections are one of the highest priorities within quality and patient safety in the Swedish healthcare sector (1). The number of reported MRSA cases is low compared to that in other countries, and is mainly due to the good hygiene routines combined with a restrictive use of antibiotics.

But there is still much room for improvement.

Latex Gloves in the Workplace:
Separating Fact from Fiction

The need to address concerns among health care workers about suffering latex allergy from wearing medical gloves requires a common sense, evidence- based approach, says Graham Johnson, Occupational Health Nursing Development Manager at Bupa Wellness in the UK, a qualified nurse with more than 25 years’ experience in a wide range of occupational health care environments.

Keeping Up Appearances:
The Importance of Dress Code

As health care workers practising in a hospital setting, how we look and what we wear is important. From a hygiene and infection control perspective, that’s pretty obvious. But it’s also important in terms of the impression we give to the public - our patients and their visitors. For example, nowadays it is increasingly common to see doctors and nurses out on the wards and in other public areas dressed in their scrub suits, or various parts of the apparel. I think we all know what I mean: having masks around the neck and...

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