Safe Care Campaign
The Safe Care Campaign is an Atlanta, Georgia (United States) based corporation seeking to help eradicate hospital acquired infections. Its goal is to instigate a national change in ideology and practices within the health care environment in regard to hand hygiene.[1] The organization compiles, develops, distributes and promotes educational resource material and targeted media campaigns to inform and assist patients and medical providers.
The campaign partners with other like-minded organizations and individuals to promote its patient safety efforts[2] and has been active in efforts against so-called 'Superbugs' which are resistant to antibiotics.[3][4]
Safe Care Campaign was founded by Victoria and Armando Nahum after three members of their family acquired nosocomial infections in hospitals in three different states in the timespan of a year, ultimately resulting in the death of their son, Joshua.
[edit] References
- ^ "Infection Control: Frequently Asked Questions on Hand Hygiene" (Press release). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2005-04-21. http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/infectioncontrol/faq/hand.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
- ^ "CBS Evening News". CBS News. 2007-02-06. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/06/eveningnews/main2440767.shtml. Retrieved 2007-03-06.
- ^ "Fox News". http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=2445350&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1. Retrieved 2007-03-06.
- ^ "WHAM News". http://www.13wham.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=182667. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
