GHA highlights importance of ‘bare below the elbow’ for infection control in clinical areas
Gibraltar Health Authority has launched an awareness campaign to highlight the importance of staff being ‘bare below the elbows’ in clinical areas as part of basic infection control practices. In such surroundings, healthcare workers should abstain from wearing watches, jewellery or long sleeved clothing below the elbows and have short unvarnished nails. This is because harmful bacteria and viruses can remain in jewellery or under fingernails even after careful hand washing.
