National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) (Nursing Care Center / Nursing Care Center)
Hand Hygiene - Alcohol-based Hand Products
Publish | January 01, 0001
Do we have to use alcohol-based hand products?
Accredited organizations are required to provide health care workers with a readily accessible alcohol-based hand product. However, use of such a product by any individual health care worker is not required. The guidelines describe when this type of cleaner may be used instead of soap and water. If a healthcare worker chooses not to use it, then soap and water should be used instead.
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