Good hygiene = Caring
- Our hands constitute one most transmission routes for healthcare-associated infections.
- Healthcare-associated infections cost the Swedish society almost 800 million euros per year.
- 30% of all the preventable harm in healthcare in Sweden is due to infections, and among the in-patients admitted for emergency care, 10% of the cases are caused by healthcare-associated infections. (Source: The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare)
