4. Types of Prevention
1. Primary prevention- To prevent disease or injury before it occurs
2. Secondary Prevention- To reduce the impact of a disease or
injury that has already occurred
3. Tertiary Prevention- To soften the impact of an ongoing illness or
injury that has lasting effects
5. IMPACT OF INFECTION
• Infections represent an important cause of morbidity and mortality in
cancer patients
• With compromised immune system, hematological patients are
prone to develop various types of infections
• Emergence of resistance to antimicrobials
6. Epidemiology:India
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10. Why important?
• Hands are the main pathways of germ transmission during health
care
• Hand hygiene is therefore the most important measure to prevent
health care-associated infections
15. By whom?
• Health-care worker
• Caregiver
• Person involved in direct or indirect patient care
16.
17. How?
• Washing hands with soap and water when hands are visibly dirty or
visibly soiled
• Rubbing them with an alcohol-based formulations if hands are not
visibly soiled