Abia State News Special Report
HEALTH: LEADING CAUSE OF DISEASES GLOBALLY REVEALED BY EXPERT (READ DETAIL)
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Afnews Editor
Jul 06, 2019
Dr Nubwa Medugu, Consultant Pathologist, National Hospital,
Abuja, has called for regular practice of hand washing to prevent the spread of
infections that can result in diseases and death.
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According to her, infectious diseases, many of which spread
by unclean hands, remain the leading cause of death and diseases, hence the
need to wash hands with clean soap and water.
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Medugu said it was important for every individual, patients,
health practitioners, and the public to imbibe the culture of hand hygiene.
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She added that such practice was an important strategy for
preventing the spread of diseases while saving lives.
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"Good hand-hygiene habits are essential to reducing the
spread of germs such as pathogenic bacteria, viruses, fungi and others which
cause diseases in humans.
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"It can help reduce the risk of infections such as flu, food
poisoning and healthcare-associated infections which can be passed from one
person to another.
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"The hand is a very valuable part of the body; it is used to
collect money, exchange gifts, eat, hold and touch surfaces. It can also be
destructive through transmission of infections, which can lead to death.
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According to World Health Organisation, infection prevention
and control, including hand hygiene, is critical to achieving universal health
coverage.
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Medugu said this had been proven through practical and
evidence-based approach, with demonstrated impact on quality of care and
patients' safety.
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She explained that there were billions of unseen germs on
the hands, adding that a culture of hand washing with soap would combat
diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections taking the lives of millions of
children.
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The consultant stressed the need for health practitioners to
also practice hand hygiene, as doctors and nurses could transmit infections to
patients and vice versa.
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Medugu said studies had established that about one-third of
patients that died in hospitals did so due to infections, stressing that this
was a huge burden that needed to be addressed in health facilities across the
country.
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She listed some of the most common causes of food-borne
diseases and food poisoning as bacteria, viruses, and parasites.
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The consultant pathologist said that reactions to the germs
could range from mild gastric discomfort, diarrhoea to death.
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She urged both adults and children to wash their hands
before and after cooking food, before and after eating food, after using the
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Others, according to her, include after blowing the nose,
sneezing or coughing when sick, after touching an animal or its feed, and after
touching or taking out the garbage.
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She advised that in practicing hand hygiene, the fingernails
and hands should be properly washed back to back to ensure every part of hands
was clean.
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She called on health authorities at all levels of government to create school health programmes to disseminate information on personal, hand and environmental hygiene to break the cycle of infection transmission. (PMNEWS)
