Hand hygiene is not a luxury, infection prevention and control (IPC), which includes hand hygiene, is fundamental to safe and effective healthcare systems. Hand hygiene is relevant to all health workers, patients and their families at every healthcare encounter.
Each year the World Health Organization (WHO) SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign aims to progress the goal of maintaining a global profile on the importance of hand hygiene in health care and to ‘bring people together’ in support of hand hygiene improvement globally.
WHO calls on everyone to be inspired by the global movement to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), i.e. achieving better health and well-being for all people at all ages, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all. Infection Prevention and Control, including hand hygiene, is critical to achieving UHC as it is a practical and evidence-based approach with demonstrated impact on quality of care and patient safety across all levels of the healthcare system.
To find out more about World Hand Hygiene Day please visit the WHO website – https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-hand-hygiene-day
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