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5 SAFETY DURING PASSING PRACTICES Each patient, while in hospital, is exposed to a non-familiar hospital environment. The nurse is also exposed to many risk factors that threaten her health and well-being. Therefore, it is important to create a safe hospital environment for both the patient and the medical staff. The concept of «safe hospital environment» includes: 1. Infectious disease safety regime. 2. Measures to provide personal hygiene of the patient and medical staff. 3. Medical and protective regime in the Department. Infectious safety is necessary for the prevention of nosocomial infections and is achieved through disinfection and sterilization measures aimed at the destruction of microorganisms, as well as their spore and vegetative forms in the air of functional rooms and wards, on medical products. For the safety of medical personnel, all manipulations in which hands may be contaminated with whole blood, plasma or serum, should be carried out in rubber gloves. During the work all damage to the hands should be covered with a fingertip, adhesive plaster. In case of the threat of blood spatter, you should work in a mask and glasses. Medical staff is forbidden to eat in laboratories and rooms where patients are treated. Disassembly, washing, rinsing of medical instruments, used pipettes and laboratory utensils in contact with the blood of people should be carried out before preliminary disinfection, in rubber gloves. After any procedure, including parenteral intervention, it is necessary to wash hands thoroughly twice in warm running water with soap and then wipe with an individual towel, replaced daily, or a disposable napkin. In the treatment of hands avoid frequent use of disinfectants that can cause skin irritation and dermatitis. To prevent infection with viral and bacterial infection, transmitted through the blood or other biological fluids of the patient, in the room for medical procedures should be «first-aid Kit in case of accidents (AntiAIDS)», it should to include a dressing material, containers for dilution of solutions, a glass for washing eyes, 70% solution of ethyl alcohol, 5% alcohol solution of iodine, 0.05% solution of potassium permanganate, 1% solution of protargol, 6% hydrogen peroxide. In case of contamination of the hands with blood (or other biological fluid of the patient) should immediately to remove the remains of