Evaluation of hand hygiene practices and related perception and knowledge at a health-care facility is one vital element of the strategy to improve hand hygiene. Continuous monitoring is very helpful in measuring the changes induced by implementation and to ensure that the interventions have been ef...fective in improving hand hygiene practices, perception and knowledge among health-care workers.
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The steps are presented in a user-friendly guidebook, designed to be a working resource for implementers and leads in infection control, safety, and quality.
First Global Patient Safety Challenge Clean Care is Safer Care
The WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care provide health-care workers (HCWs), hospital administrators and health authorities with a thorough review of evidence on hand hygiene in health care and specific recommendations to impro...ve practices and reduce transmission of pathogenic microorganisms to patients and HCWs. The present Guidelines are intended to be implemented in any situation in which health care is delivered either to a patient or to a specific group in a population. Therefore, this concept applies to all settings where health care is permanently or occasionally performed, such as home care by birth attendants.
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It takes just 5 moments to change the world. Clean your hands, stop the spread of drug-resistant germs!
Solo se necesitan 5 momentos para cambiar el mundo. Limpia tus manos, detén la propagación de gérmenes multirresistentes !
Des mains propressont des mains sûres. Mes mains sont-elles propres ?
Hand hygiene is vital for safe health care delivery, yet practices at the point of care remain suboptimal worldwide. A comprehensive research agenda is therefore necessary to improve our understanding of factors influencing hand hygiene behaviour and to strengthen appropriate interventions. This age...nda will provide insightful ideas for researchers to focus their projects and funding proposals and will direct donors towards the areas of hand hygiene evidence that require urgent support and innovation. It will also guide decision-makers and stakeholders at the national and international level and support country efforts in updating and strengthening hand hygiene promotion programmes. Global collaboration and investment in hand hygiene research remain essential to promote safe and effective care worldwide.
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Des milliers de personnes meurent chaque jour des suites d’infections acquises au cours des procédures de soins.
Accessed 3rd of October 2015
313 millions de personnes subissent une opération chirurgicale chaque année – soit deux fois le nombre de bébés qui naissent dans le monde
The COVID-19 Hygiene Hub is a free service to help actors in low- and middle-income countries rapidly share, design, and adapt evidence-based hygiene interventions to combat COVID-19.
Manuale zur Durchführung von Workshops für Geflüchtete.
Zur Unterstützung der Durchführung der Workshops und als Hilfe für die Ausbildung wurden Manuale erstellt, die das didaktische und methodische Vorgehen erklären und als Leitfaden für die Durchführung von Workshops dienen. Die Manuale... stehen in den Sprachen: Albanisch, Arabisch, Bulgarisch, Deutsch, Englisch, Farsi, Russisch und Türkisch zur Verfügung
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