1. Hand WashingThe number one way to prevent the spread of infection!

2. Viruses that can be spread easily.Hepatitis Hepatitis A Causes inflammation of the liver. Found mostly in the stool or blood. Hepatitis B Can also cause inflammation of the liver. Can cause cirrhosis. Chronic persistent hepatitis. Fulminant hepatitis. Can lead to liver failure and even death. Hepatitis C Causes an inflammation of the liver. Can develop liver cancer. It also causes liver disease. 3. Other well knownbacteria that causeinfection. Mono Only lasts a number of hours outside the body. Contagious through body fluids, especially saliva. Varicella Highly contagious by just being exposed. Rubella Spreads on contact through a rash. 4. How infections spread.1. Surface contamination. The way most viruses are contracted on surfaces is through touch. Hepatitis B can live for up to seven days and still be able to infect someone.2. Air-born droplets. The easiest way to be infected through air born viruses is by not wearing a mask and unintentionally inhaling infected droplets in the air. Droplets can be due to someone sneezing, coughing, or even breathing heavily.3. I.V. drug use. Using an unclean needle to inject a drug directly into their blood stream. 5. Hand washingis the best wayto preventinfection! 6. Wash yourWatch This Videohands!!!Seventy percent of all infections are nosocomial, which means that they are drug resistant bacteria.It has been estimated that hospital acquired infections cost the NHS 930.6 million per year, affects 1 in 10 patients, and kills about 5000 patients per annum in the UK. 7. Wash yourhandsproperly..1. Use surgical soap that is rated high in killing most types of viruses.2. Use hot water and soap.3. Lather up for thirty seconds and rinse thoroughly.4. Scrub very diligently because some viruses can spread through spores that do not die on contact with soap.5. Singing Happy Birthday twice helps give you the proper amount of time to adequately wash your hands. 8. SO MAKE SURE TO..WASHYOURHANDS 9. WORKS CITEDBurke JP. Infection Control A Problem for Patient Safety. N Engl J Med. Feb 2003;348(7):651-656This journal is about infections among hospital patients. It goes over the risks factors when healthcare workershave patient contact. It tells about how some bacteria can cause infections due to being drug resistant. It alsoreviews the ways in which bacteria can be transmitted from patient to patient. Prevention techniques are coveredextensively as they are key to stopping the spread of infection and increasing patient safety after they have beenadmitted into a hospital environment.Cramer, David A., MD, Monique Laberge, PhD and Rebecca J. Frey, PhD. "Hepatitis B." Gale Encyclopedia ofMedicine. Ed. Laurie J. Fundukian. Vol. 3. 4th ed. Detroit: Gale, 2011. Nursing Resource Center. Gale. StateCollege of FL Manatee-Sarasota. 30 Nov. 2012.This article reviews the different aspects of Hepatitis B. This includes the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, andprognosis. The quote used is from the description of the virus which went into great detail and explained down tothe molecular characteristics of the virus. Other information included in the article dealt with the ways to contractthe virus and what to be cautious of and what not to be cautious of with dealing with hepatitis patients in a publicsetting.N. Levy, J. Mauger. "HAND WASHING." Anaesthesia April 1, 2004: 411. Print.This article has to do with hand hygiene in the U.K. hospitals. It refers to the percentages that doctors andanesthetists wash their hands between patient episodes. It goes on to describe the cost of cross infection amongpatients to the hospital and the amount of death experienced because of improper hand hygiene.