Al Emadi Hospital yesterday joined the World Health Organisation (WHO) in observance of Infection Prevention and Control Week, held this year under the title ‘Protecting Patients Everywhere’.
Participation in the initiative came through an awareness campaign held at the Outpatient Clinics building of Al Emadi Hospital in the presence of the hospital’s staff, patients, families and their children.
This is in line with Al Emadi Hospital’s “commitment to preventing the spread of infection in the healthcare sector”, it has said in a statement.
The highlights of the celebration included screening videos about the importance of hand hygiene, showcasing the correct WHO defined steps on how to do hand rub, in addition to the distribution of flyers about the best ways to prevent infection and the ‘How, Why and When’ of hand hygiene, stick-on colourful badges and free hand sanitisers among all who visited the booth – demonstrating the correct hand hygiene technique.



A Large number of people participated in the activity, not only from Al Emadi Hospital’s healthcare providers and staff but also from patients and families, including children.
“Al Emadi Hospital is always keen to participate in such initiatives as patient safety is at the heart of Al Emadi Hospital’s commitment to the public. When we improve our hand hygiene compliance, we are reducing the likelihood of infection transmission, thereby promoting safer care and saving lives. Infection prevention is everyone’s responsibility: each one of us—patients, families, and healthcare personnel—has an important role to play in keeping patients safe from infection,” said Dr Mohamed Abdulla al-Emadi, chairman and senior consultant general, laparoscopic and bariatric surgery, Al Emadi Hospital.
One of the major objectives of the campaign is provide support to help prevent spread of infectious diseases through evidence-based infection control measures in healthcare settings, and to educate and raise awareness among the community and healthcare practitioners about the infection control practices and its importance in their daily routine.
Educational materials were distributed to participants on the importance of hand hygiene and the ‘ABC’ of antibiotics, dos/don’ts for personal protective equipment, infection control guidelines – for patients and healthcare practitioners, cough etiquette, healthcare associated infections, Importance of vaccinations and immunisation, and the correct ways of handling needle injuries.


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