I've been a nurse for 23 years – even as a child, there was nothing else I'd rather be. This work is more than simply a job. In fact, it includes all the things that are important in life: learning to communicate, to be patient, to be confident – while trying to ease the patients' suffering. I moved from Romania to Italy 13 years ago and almost immediately started to work at this hospital. Even after so many years, I still love my job as on the first day. Despite all the responsibility and pressure that obviously play a big role in everyday hospital life.
Unfortunately sometimes people get sick in an environment that is originally supposed to heal them.
Healthcare associated Infections affect people worldwide, complicate the delivery of patient care, contribute to patient deaths and disability, promote resistance to antibiotics, and generate additional expenditure.
It is B. Braun's core mission to protect and improve the health of people around the world. Every day about 1.5 million people get infected in hospitals. Even the best processes and products are useless if patients die as a result of health care associated infections after their treatment. With our social media campaigns, we aim at raising the awareness of this problem. Via the Aesculap Academy we offer seminars and workshops about this topic. And with our Hand Hygiene Excellence Award we honor the best hospitals around the world who manage to sustainably reduce their infection rates by improved hand hygiene.
I am currently working at the rehabilitation ward. Before that I used to work in Internal Medicine and the emergency room. As a nurse, I am always the first contact for patients and their relatives. I love this human closeness and the fact that I can actually help and encourage people. Even though my job can be very stressful at times, I would not want to change with anyone in the world. Many people think that my work is mainly about the obvious things: caring for patients. The most challenging part, however, is the one that cannot be seen immediately. Constant vigilance and education about the right hygiene may be less visible than the rest of my work – but it is therefore even more important.
95% of HAI are caused by bacteria.
Viruses, yeast, fungi and protozoa can cause HAI as well.
Once they enter the host's body, they can reproduce and spread their harmful effect.
HAI is transmitted in multiple ways.
An infection can be transmitted to anybody – to patients, visitors, health care workers and family members at home.
When it comes to hand hygiene, we have to keep in mind that there are good and bad microorganisms. Everyone of us has germs on their skin – that's absolutely normal. However, we must be very attentive when the immune system is weakened as a result of some illness. In this case, usually harmless germs can become a major threat. That's why – especially in hospitals – we have to work against their potential spread by regularly washing and disinfection our hands.
It is my goal as a nurse to make patients feel safe. To make this happen, all of us have to work together: physicians, patients, visitors, nurses, the entire medical staff and our partners like B. Braun. Only then, can we stop dangerous germs from threatening our patients.
With effective infection prevention we can fight together HAI Break the chain!
The aim of B. Braun Infection Prevention is to protect users, patients and their surroundings. In all our therapeutic areas our expertise contributes to improve safety and prevent infections.
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HAI is an infection of patients in a hospital or health care facility, which at the time of admission was not existent.