World Hand Hygiene Day is held in May every year. The World Health Organization campaign aims to progress the goal of maintaining the importance of hand hygiene in healthcare and to bring people together in support of hand hygiene improvement globally.
The central message is that all healthcare workers should clean their hands at the right time and in the right way supporting the prevention of often life-threatening Health Care Acquired Infections (HCAI). It’s about uniting for safety and remembering that clean hands save lives.
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