Infection Prevention Brochure

What if I am admitted with
an infection?
atients/residents who have a contagious
or catching infection may need to be
placed in a private room to prevent
the spread of germs.
Our commitment to you

he staff who work at Riverview
Health Centre care about you and
are committed to doing everything
possible to help prevent infections from
occurring while you are here.
We hope this pamphlet helps you and

your visitors to understand your role and the
staffs role in providing a safe environment.
Other ways YOU can help

1. Wash your hands often and well.
2. Remind anyone, including staff and visitors
entering your room, to wash their hands
with soap or waterless hand rinse before
touching or caring for you.
Thank you for helping to make Riverview

Health Centre a safer place for everyone.
IF YOU
HAVE A QUESTION:
The Infection Control Nurse can speak

to you about specific infection prevention and
control questions you may have.
3. Ask friends or family who are sick

including children not to visit.
4. Ask visitors to closely supervise small
children.
5. Ask your doctor about your special
vaccination needs. Get a yearly influenza
vaccination.
6. Try to follow Canadas Guide to Healthy
Eating.
7. Get a proper amount of sleep to help the
healing process.
HELP US HELP YOU
For more information contact:

Infection Control Nurse
Ph: (204) 478-6172
Infection Prevention
and Control for
Patients & Residents
Riverview Health Centre

One Morley Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3L 2P4
www.riverviewhealthcentre.com
This pamphlet was adapted from Sunnybrook &
Womens Infection Prevention & Control Service.
5/11
Infection
Prevention & Control
t Riverview Health Centre, staff

use the following precautions for all
patients/residents so that germs are
not transmitted between them:
n Prevention is important because germs can

make your hospital stay longer. Infections
may be inconvenient, cause additional illness
and be accidentally passed on to others.
for Patients & Residents

Tips to Decrease Your
Risk of Infection
WHAT
Heres what WE do to help
Why is infection prevention

so important?
n Washing or using a waterless hand rinse

on our hands before and after direct
patient contact.
n The elderly, patients/residents with poor

nutrition who are taking antibiotics, steroids
or cancer medication, and patients/residents
who are already seriously ill are most at
risk of infection.
CAN YOU DO TO HELP?
Hand washing is the most important way to

prevent the spread of germs. Wash your hands:
n Wearing protective clothing, such as masks,

gloves and gowns, when appropriate. Hands
are washed when gloves are removed.
n Disposing of used needles is handled
carefully.
n after using the toilet
What is a Nosocomial Infection?
n after blowing your nose

n before and after you touch your
bandage or a wound
n before and after eating and drinking
n when your hands are dirty
All members of the health care team

follow careful routines to lower your risk of
infection. This includes housekeeping, food
handlers, lab staff and many others.
n Most of these infections are caused by

your own germs. These may make you
sick when you are already weakened by
other illness.
Family and friends who visit you should also

wash their hands at these times.
GERMS ARE
Your nurse or physiotherapist may

perform procedures or help you with exercises
to decrease your risk of infections such as
pneumonia.
n This is an infection that can result from

being in a hospital environment. Examples
include pneumonia, bladder or kidney
infections or skin infections.
EVERYWHERE:
n Germs cant be seen without a microscope,

but they are all over on our hands, in our
noses, mouths, bowels and on surfaces in
the environment.
Riverview Health Centre has specific

policies that require us to check patients/
residents for the presence of Antibiotic
Resistant Organisms (germs.)
n The risk of infection is always present, but

steps can be taken to significantly lower
the risk.
n Most germs that live with us on us and

in us do not normally cause harm. Some
germs help digest food. Only a few types
of germs cause infections, and then only in
some people.
n

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What if I am admitted with

Our commitment to you

We hope this pamphlet helps you and

Other ways YOU can help

Thank you for helping to make Riverview

The Infection Control Nurse can speak

3. Ask friends or family who are sick

For more information contact:

Riverview Health Centre

t Riverview Health Centre, staff

n Prevention is important because germs can

for Patients & Residents

Heres what WE do to help

Why is infection prevention

n Washing or using a waterless hand rinse

n The elderly, patients/residents with poor

CAN YOU DO TO HELP?

Hand washing is the most important way to

n Wearing protective clothing, such as masks,

n after using the toilet

What is a Nosocomial Infection?

n after blowing your nose

All members of the health care team

n Most of these infections are caused by

Family and friends who visit you should also

Your nurse or physiotherapist may

n This is an infection that can result from

n Germs cant be seen without a microscope,

Riverview Health Centre has specific

n The risk of infection is always present, but

n Most germs that live with us on us and

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