Hand hygiene for relatives and carers

Modified on Tue, 21 Apr at 3:44 PM

If relatives and carers are helping to nurse a patient they should be shown how and when to clean their hands during a sequence of care. However, they are unlikely to touch other patients in a similar way so are unlikely to transfer infection to other patients.

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