International Infection Prevention Week begins on Sunday 17th October. Keeping patients safe from infection is everyone’s responsibility; everyone needs to know the best ways to prevent infections including COVID-19.
Professor Martin Cormican, HSE National Lead for Antibiotic Resistance says, “This year the theme is Make Your Intention Infection Prevention. It’s essential to ensure that we as health care professionals are aware of the role infection prevention and control plays in protecting patient health and the health of our families”.
Hand Hygiene
It is also critical that we all clean our hands thoroughly to reduce the risk of infection spreading. We have seen how important hand hygiene is when responding to COVID-19 and trying to stop the spread of the virus. See hse.ie/handhygiene for more information about good hand hygiene.
Flu vaccine for healthcare workers
As we continue to provide healthcare in the middle of a pandemic. It’s very important that healthcare staff are up to date with their vaccines and get the annual flu vaccination to help protect patients and themselves from getting flu. Book your Flu vaccine here
Click here for more information on flu vaccine for healthcare workers. This year for every one of you who gets the flu vaccination, we are giving a series of polio vaccines to UNICEF.