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Safe Care Campaign

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The Safe Care Campaign is an Atlanta, Georgia (United States) based corporation seeking to help eradicate hospital acquired infections. Its goal is to instigate a national change in ideology and practices within the health care environment in regard to hand hygiene.[1] The organization compiles, develops, distributes and promotes educational resource material and targeted media campaigns to inform and assist patients and medical providers.[citation needed]

The campaign partners with other like-minded organizations and individuals to promote its patient safety efforts[2] and has been active in efforts against so-called 'Superbugs' which are resistant to antibiotics.[3][4]

Safe Care Campaign was founded by Victoria and Armando Nahum after three members of their family acquired nosocomial infections in hospitals in three different states in the timespan of a year, ultimately resulting in the death of their son, Joshua.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ "Infection Control: Frequently Asked Questions on Hand Hygiene" (Press release). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2005-04-21. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
  2. ^ "CBS Evening News". CBS News. 2007-02-06. Archived from the original on February 9, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-06.
  3. ^ "Fox News". Retrieved 2007-03-06.
  4. ^ "WHAM News". Retrieved 2007-03-08.
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