How you can help us prevent and control infection in hospitals: information for patients and visitors
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How you can help us prevent and control infection in hospitals:
Information for patients and visitors

Published:
HPA, September 2007, on behalf of the DHSSPS.
Description:
This leaflet explains how to clean your hands properly and other hygiene actions that patients and visitors can take to minimise healthcare associated infections when staying in or visiting hospitals. Its key message is that infection prevention and control is everyone’s responsibility.
Format:
1/3 A4, 6 pages, leaflet.
Other formats:
Also available as a PDF in Chinese (complex) (327kb), Chinese (simplified) (325kb), English (335kb), Hindi (3mb), Irish (236kb), Lithuanian (308kb), Polish (326kb), Portuguese (235kb), Tetum (234kb) and Ulster Scots (234kb).
Target group:
The public
Additional information:
This leaflet was produced in support of An Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Healthcare Associated Infections in Northern Ireland by DHSSPS and distributed to hospitals throughout Northern Ireland.
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