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cord-009788-bc6sc2rc	Ferguson, J. K.	Preventing healthcare‐associated infection: risks, healthcare systems and behaviour	2009-09-17		.txt	text/plain	3554	200	41	The Quality in Australian Health Care Study (QAHCS) 1 estimated that 5.5% of hospital admissions were affected by healthcare-associated infection (HAI), with an estimate at that time of 155 000 infections per annum across Australia. 11 MRSA infected or colonized patients admitted to hospital increase the risk of MRSA spread to healthcare staff and their families. 16 Healthcare staff and other patients must be protected from infectious fine particle (<5 mM) aerosols that are capable of transmitting infection at low doses †Active screening and isolation for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-colonized patients/staff is not performed at some Australian sites as it is considered to be an ineffective measure. [22] [23] [24] A national initiative commenced in 2008 to improve hand hygiene, focusing on education, provision of alcohol-based hand rub at every bedside, reliable, regular audits of compliance with effective feedback to staff and management, and measurement of patient infection outcomes (healthcare-associated S.	./cache/cord-009788-bc6sc2rc.txt	./txt/cord-009788-bc6sc2rc.txt