Information and Announcement on the First Global Patient Safety Challenge: Clean Care is Safer Care

The First Global Patient Safety Challenge "Clean Care is Safer Care": from launch to current progress and achievements.

Healthcare-associated infection is a major safety issue affecting the quality of care of hundreds of millions of patients every year in both developed and developing countries. To meet the goal of ensuring patient safety across healthcare settings around the globe, the World Health Organization launched the World Alliance for Patient Safety in October 2004. Healthcare-associated infections were...

Clean care is safer care: the first global challenge of the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety.

Dr. Pittet is from the Global Patient Safety Challenge, WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety; and Dr. Donaldson is from the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety, WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland. Address reprint requests to Didier Pittet, MD, MS, Director, Infection Control Programme, University of Geneva Hospitals, 24 rue Micheli-du-Crest, 1211 Geneva-14, Switzerland. didier.pittet@hcug...

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

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 ...

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...