THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT HOSPITAL VISITS AND HOW TO TAKE CAUTION

   There may be need  sometimes to visit sick friends and loved ones at the hospital . Hospital visits comes with some certain risk that you may not know. The hospital is usually a bug infested place even when thoroughly cleaned. Visiting the hospital too often without proper precautions may put a person at risk for acquiring these bugs and then get sick.
    Some common mistakes people make includes taking kids to the hospital, allowing kids to play on the hospital floor, rubbing their hands on surfaces at the hospital, placing food on surfaces without proper cleaning, putting purses on the floor and walking without shoes at the hospital. Visiting the hospital with kids put them at risk becos their immune system is not developed enough to fight infections. When you rub your hands against surfaces, you pick up disease causing germs like methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus. Theses germs lie dormant until the immune system becomes compromised. Depending on what the purses are made of, they pick up germs when put on the floor and then may transfer germs to a persons clothes. 
     The way to protect yourself against these bugs during hospital visits is by thorough hand washing. Wash your hands or children's hands after touching any object or surface at the hospital. Avoid taking children to the hospital if they are not sick. In case you need to take kids with you, teach them proper hand hygiene. Assist them to wash their hands after touching objects or surfaces. Do not allow children to play on the floor at the hospital. Do not put your purses on the floor.