... HAI per 100 patient's episodes to 7.2, and goes on to state "this is important for nurses because they manage invasive devices, such as urinary catheters, intravascular cannulae, epidural cannulae, nasogastric tubes, and peg tubes, which often identify the early signs of infection" (McCullach, 1998). The (NMC 2002) states "nurses have a duty to safeguard the wellbeing of patients and have a due regard for the environment of care" Code of professional conduct. Nurses must be sure that they do not contribute to infection risks and must take care to prevent infection whenever possible. Much of this is through basic nursing care such as ensuring the patient is clean and their skin is intact, the mouth is healthy, promoting mobility, promoting continence, improving the patients' nutritional and hydration status and promoting wound care. This can only be done if Universal precautions are adhere to, which not only protects heath ...

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