After surgery, there is a 1 in 5 chance of developing an infection; however, poking the incision site daily with a cotton swab resulted in a six-fold reduction in infections. Doctors take several safety precautions to prevent infections, such as wearing gloves and masks, having necessary tools organized, and ensuring containers won't spill. Proper hygiene like teeth brushing, nail cleaning, and air filtering can also help reduce chances of infection.

1. Workplace safety
How to prevent infection after surgery

2. After having surgery, you have a 1 in 5 chance
of contracting an infection. A trick that doctor’s
have is using a simple cotton swab.

3. Poking an incision site with a cotton
swab daily after surgery resulted in a 6
fold drop in infection.
Some other things that can help reduce the
chance of infection are:
● teeth brusing
● nail cleaning
● air filtering

4. Doctor’s of course have many safety
procedures that they must follow before seeing
or inspecting any patient, such as:
● wearing gloves
● wearing a mask that covers his/her mouth
● having all the tools that heshe thinks they might need
with that patient prepped, available and organized
● making sure any container’s of liquids are not at risk of
spilling, so they don’t have to worry about tripping on it
These are some of the most basic thing’s that doctor’s on a
regular basis, but they are still the most important.