The hospital does its best to follow countermeasures against infection, as is required of this kind of facility (including custodial maintenance, management of medical and other equipment, and standard preventive measures, as well as preventive measures specified for each infection pathway). But the pathogenic microorganisms that cause infectious diseases are invisible, and it is thus difficult to identify infection pathways and totally prevent the spread of infection.
To protect patients from invisible pathogenic microorganisms, we ask patients and visitors to follow the preventive measures described below.
Keeping hands clean
We unconsciously touch various places with our hands. Clean your hands before meals, after going to the lavatory, after entering your room and before leaving your room.
Repeatedly applying quick-drying alcohol sanitizer to hands or washing them with running water sometimes result in rough skin. Pain from rough skin could prevent you from keeping your hands clean. Applying moisturizing cream can help prevent this.
Quick-drying alcohol hand sanitizer
Effective when your hands are not visibly dirty.
1. Apply it to your palm
2. Clean your nails in particular
3. Clean the entire palm
4. Clean sufficiently between fingers
5. Clean sufficiently between fingers
6. And remember to clean your wrists
Soap and running water
Effective when your hands are visibly dirty.
1. Scrub your palms against each other thoroughly
2. Scrub the back of your palm
3. Pay particular attention to your fingertips, which are often left unwashed
4. Wash sufficiently between fingersv
5. Twist and wash your thumbs
6. And remember to clean your wrists
Face mask wearing
Always wear a face mask
Always wear a face mask while inside the hospital.
Be sure to wear an unwoven mask (masks made of cloth or urethane should be avoided).
Unwoven masks are available at hospital stores and a vending machine in the elevator corridor on the first floor of the South Wing.
When you are about to sneeze without wearing a mask, cover your mouth and nose with a tissue.
Tissues with nasal mucus or phlegm must be disposed of inside a trash box (bag), and you must then wash your hands.
When a staffer visits you
It is all right to remove your mask when you are staying a single-bed room or the enclosed space around your bed separated by a curtain in a multiple-bed room if you staying there alone. But wear one when a hospital staff member visits you, or when you are sharing the space with someone else.
During rehabilitation and laboratory test
Wear a mask when you undergo rehabilitation or a laboratory test. But if you feel stuffy, do not hesitate to notify the rehabilitation staff.
At reception, day lounge and store
Be sure to wear a mask when you leave your bed to go to the ward staff station, the day lounge or the store.
Measures aimed at preventing the spread of infection
When a nosocomial infection (including suspected cases) is reported or strengthened countermeasures against infection are required
We may require patients to undergo tests of their nasal cavity, throat and/or stool.
Depending on the circumstances, we may ask you to transfer to another ward room, or hospital staffers may wear personal protective equipment to prevent the spread of infection.
When a staffer is injured by a needle or other equipment that has been used in treating a patient
We may ask the patient to undergo a blood test, or conduct a test of their blood samples, which are kept in the laboratory test room.
