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    Clean Hands Count

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    Clean hands can protect you from serious infections while you are a patient in a healthcare facility.

    Get Ahead of Sepsis

    Get ahead of sepsis. Know the signs. Spot the facts. Act fast.

    Infections can put you and your family at risk for a life-threatening condition called sepsis.

    Be Antibiotics Aware

    Be Antibiotics Aware

    CDC’s national educational effort to help improve antibiotic prescribing and use and combat antibiotic resistance.

    Vaccine Safety

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    In the United States, a number of safeguards are required by law to help ensure that the vaccines we receive are safe.

    Store & Use Medicines Safely

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    Learn how to keep children safe by practicing safe dosing and storage.

    Safe Medication Storage

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    About 50,000 young children end up in emergency rooms each year because they got into medicines while an adult wasn’t looking.

    How to Be a Safe Patient

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    Here are 10 simple things you can do to avoid getting an infection in a hospital or other healthcare setting.

    Before Surgery

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    Protect yourself and your loved ones from infections related to surgery.

    See also
    • What You Can Do to Be a Safe Patient
    • Antibiotic Resistant Germs in Hospitals: Information for Patients and their Families
    • Antibiotic Resistance: Protect Yourself and Your Family
    • Dialysis Safety: Speak Up—Video for Patients
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      • Antibiotics Aren’t Always the Answer
      • Tome Conciencia sobre los Antibióticos: Buen Uso, Mejor Tratamiento
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    • Protect Your Children: Store & Use Medicines Safelyplus icon
      • Spoons are for Soup, Milliliters are for Medicine
    • Put Your Medicines Up and Away and Out of Sight
    • Getting Medical Care? How to Avoid Getting an Infection
    • What You Should Know Before Your Surgery
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