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reply to this post: Infection prevention is crucial in a healthcare organization due to the vast presence of microbes and contagious diseases. It is well-known that handwashing is one of the easiest methods in preventing the spread of diseases. “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hand hygiene is the single most important practice in the reduction of the transmission of infection in healthcare settings” (Toney-Butler, Carver, 2023). Employees are trained on the importance of hand hygiene. In my facility, we are required to either wash our hands or use hand sanitizer before entering a room, after exiting a room, and with any patient contact. One measure I believe my healthcare organizations should implement is more hand hygiene education focused on visitors. Friends and family visiting bring bacteria into the facility while also taking microbes from the hospital out to the public. This could be done with a simple sign at hospital entrances or a small pamphlet with education material. To add to visitor education, visitors visiting a patient with a contagious disease should receive education prior to being in contact with them. Visitors should require clearance prior to entering a patient rooms on proper to entering. For example, a visitor visiting a patient with C. diffe must be educated on the importance of hand-washing as alcohol-based hand sanitizers do not kill or remove C. diffe spores from the hand (Gerding et al., 2008). For my last possible implementation, my facility has some units that have only a trash container in the patient’s room while the linen container is down the hall. This requires transporting dirty linens down the hall. I believe having stationed linen containers in every patient room will prevent dirty linens from having to be transported possibly spreading bacteria.