| Reduce Hospital Acquired Infections – Prevention Starts With You Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) can occur in any facility, at anytime. Adequate handwashing, glove use, and routine laundry habits are a few ways to limit transmission of organisms between patients. As part of the 5S Lean ‘shine’ step, identification and isolation strategies as well as sterilization and disinfection practices also go a long way to reduce the spread of infection. |