Safe Care Campaign

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. [cite press release|title =Infection Control: Frequently Asked Questions on Hand Hygiene | publisher =Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | date =2005-04-21 | url =http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/infectioncontrol/faq/hand.htm | accessdate =2007-01-07] 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 [cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/06/eveningnews/main2440767.shtml|title=CBS Evening News|accessdate=2007-03-06] and has been active in efforts against so-called 'Superbugs' which are resistant to anti-biotics. [cite web|title=Fox News|url=http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=2445350&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1|accessdate=2007-03-06] [cite web|url=http://www.13wham.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=182667|title=WHAM News|accessdate=2007-03-08]

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.

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* [http://www.safecarecampaign.org Safe Care Campaign]


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