There are many possible causes of an increased infection rate including ineffective hand hygiene, lifestyle factors, and lack of nutrition.

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There are many possible causes of an increased infection rate including ineffective hand hygiene, lifestyle factors, and lack of nutrition. Hand hygiene is the number one way to prevent infections (Hand hygiene in healthcare settings, 2022). In healthcare, there are two main precautions to prevent the spread of infections, standard and transmission-based precautions. Standard precautions are used for all patient care and are based on a risk assessment. These precautions combine common sense practices and personal protective equipment to protect healthcare providers from infection and prevent the spread of infection from patient to patient (How infections spread, 2016). Transmission-based precautions are used in addition to standard precautions for patients who may be infected with certain infectious agents to prevent contaminating others (How infections spread, 2016). In addition to these precautions, health care providers need to regularly disinfect their high touch work areas. Health care professionals should also educate patients on the importance of washing their hands and adopting a healthy lifestyle through regular exercise and a healthy diet. These are only a few out of the many ways to decrease infection rates.