Make a Clean Start in Infection Control ; RECRUITMENT NURSING ++ There's a Lot More to the Constant Fight against Dirty Hospitals Than Just Washing Hands. by Caroline Roberts

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The fight against rising levels of infection and antibiotic resistance in hospitals is now a priority for the NHS, and the infection-control nurse is on the front line. This is one example of the specialisms open to nurses in what is increasingly becoming a graduate career. And there's a lot more to the job than making sure medical staff wash their hands between seeing patients. "Infection control encompasses everything from clinical practice to catering and cleaning," says Judy Potter, the chair of the Infection Control Nurses Association. "It means you can have a high level of influence throughout the hospital."

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