<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/351b0f35-7d0a-4e54-9a42-a46a62764138/02C4BB1F-B076-458E-A25D-F1AC6BB3D8CA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/hai/youcando.htm" href="http://www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/hai/youcando.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.scdhec.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/hai/youcando.htm"><H2>What You Can Do To Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/hai/youcando.htm"><DIV id="contenthead">Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) in South Carolina</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/hai/youcando.htm"><P>The number one thing you can do to help prevent an infection is to make sure that all doctors, nurses, aides, and other healthcare providers wash their hands before and after they care for you.  They can use soap and water or an alcohol based hand sanitizer.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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