Hygiene in safe hands: Orange hospital better than state average in the wash up

By Janice Harris
Updated July 18 2014 - 6:58am, first published 3:30am
ABOVE THE BENCHMARK: Accident and emergency department nursing unit manager Meg O’Brien says the department has recorded a marked improvement in a campaign to make staff wash their hands before treating patients. Photo: JUDE KEOGH     0715handwash1
ABOVE THE BENCHMARK: Accident and emergency department nursing unit manager Meg O’Brien says the department has recorded a marked improvement in a campaign to make staff wash their hands before treating patients. Photo: JUDE KEOGH 0715handwash1

STAFF treating patients in the accident and emergency department of Orange hospital  have improved their hand hygiene in the last few months to surge ahead of the state’s benchmarks.

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