Australia experiences high levels of preventable morbidity and mortality due to HAI. Despite many individual and jurisdictional initiatives, a national systematic approach is only just starting to occur in Australia. The levels of morbidity and mortality experienced by Australian patients due to HAI have the potential to be significantly reduced.
However, despite a number of strategies now underway, this area is still in need of improvement. Other emerging challenges include new antibiotic resistant organisms and the inevitability of future pandemics.
In today’s healthcare environment, healthcare-associated infections affect tens of thousands of people annually, resulting in millions of dollars in lost work time each year in Australia. Yet, one-third of those cases are considered preventable if proper infection control procedures are in place.
A cleaning program that focuses on hygienic cleaning can help reduce the spread of infectious disease.