Hand hygiene: Dreams come true “Clean care is safer care”

WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care First Global Patient Safety Challenge Clean Care is Safer Care WHO GUIDELINES ON HAND HYGIENE IN HEALTH CARE

Better hand hygiene means safer care.

Editorial The 1st World Health Organization (WHO) Global Patient Safety Challenge, " Clean Care is Safer Care " , was launched in October 2005. Since then, Prof Didier Pittet, the External Programme Lead reported that 131 WHO Member States and autonomous areas have pledged their support. As of May 2013, over 15,700 healthcare facilities with more than 9 million healthcare workers (HCWs), and mo...

Clean Care is Safer Care: a worldwide priority.

At any time, over 1.4 million people worldwide are suffering from infections acquired in hospitals.1 Between 5-10% of patients admitted to modern hospitals in developed countries acquire one or more infections; 15-40% of those admitted to critical care are affected.2 The risk is two to 20 times higher in developing than in developed countries. The burden of disease outside hospital is practical...

World Trauma Congress: when dreams come true

Trauma is a major public health problem worldwide. More than 5 million people die every year as a consequence of traumatic injuries. This disease does not distinguish between developed or underdeveloped countries; it is a major challenge to modern societies. In many instances, injuries occur due to their responsible actions such as drug abuse, drinking and driving, etc. Interpersonal violence, ...

Clean care is safer care: from a glonal challenge to a WHO patient safety programme

Methods Efforts have focused on hand hygiene improvement using a three-pronged approach: 1) raising awareness of HCAI among health professionals and solutions for its prevention; 2) securing political commitment at governmental level to make HCAI prevention a health priority; 3) developing a range of technical tools to support hand hygiene programmes at the facility level, according to the WHO ...