The organisation has proposed making alcohol-based hand sanitisers available at all patient care points, placing increased emphasis on prevention in medical training and launching a pro-active professional scheme.

They also suggest introducing a professional registry where hospitals and clinics can monitor and compare each others’ results and have the National Epidemiology Institute regularly report to professional organisations, parliament and the public about hospital infections data, Hungarian trends, professional efforts already completed and those planned.

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