Prévenir le risque infectieux en milieu de soins grâce aux mesures barrière

While vaccination has helped to slow the spread of some infectious diseases and limit epidemics, hygiene and health education, protocol writing and training have made health care even safer for patients and hospital staff. A retrospective review of major pandemics and an analysis of the Covid-19 crisis show that we must remain very vigilant. In the health care setting, the notion of protection and hygiene remains, even today, paramount.