Surgical site infections account for approximately:

A procedure which often predisposes a hospitalized patient to a urinary tract infection is:

Wearing gloves eliminates the need to wash hands.

The standard precautions are the daily practices (e.g. hand washing, use of PPE, cleaning of equipment) that will reduce the transmission of infections.

Standard precautions includes the use of; hand washing, appropriate personal protective such as gloves, gowns, masks, whenever touching or exposure to patients' body fluids is anticipated.

Indirect contact transmission occurs when germ is transferred between people via objects such as medical equipment, door knobs, and bed rails.

In a hospital, using the infection prevention and control precautions is the responsibility of doctors and nurses only.

The complete process of hand washing using an alcohol based rub should take

The procedure for removing gloves is:

• Grab outside edge near wrist.
• Peel away from hand and turning it inside out.
• Hold in opposite gloved hand.
• Slide ungloved finger under the wrist of the reaming glove.

Gowns must be worn for close contact with patients, equipment or materials where there is a risk of clothing being contaminated with pathogenic microorganisms or blood, body fluids, secretions.