Global Handwashing Day

  World Hand Hygiene Day 2023 Webinar. Date:  5 May 2023 -  Time:  14:00 – 15:30 pm CEST. Background : Each year, on 5 May, WHO celebrates the World Hand Hygiene Day, in the context of the WHO “SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands” campaign . The aim of this global campaign is to bring people together in support of hand hygiene in health care improvement and thus, impact positively on the quality of care and patient safety across all levels of the health system. Hand hygiene is pivotal on maintaining clean and safe provision of care. The slogan for World Hand Hygiene Day 2023, “ Accelerate action together ”, is focused on the idea that together, we can accelerate action to prevent infections and antimicrobial resistance in health care and build a culture of safety and quality in which hand hygiene improvement is given a high priority. This year WHO is calling on Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and other partners to engage with the campaign and accelerate progress towards ...

Nobody should be harmed or die when receiving care. Yet every year, millions of people contract infections in health care facilities. The great tragedy is that most of these could be prevented. On World Hand Hygiene Day 2023 , we call on civil society, governments, and health care institutions and workers to join the WHO SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign , to accelerate action and spur national and local investment in hand hygiene in health facilities. Campaign theme : Together, we can accelerate action to prevent infections and antimicrobial resistance in health care and build a culture of safety and quality in which hand hygiene improvement is given high priority. Slogan: Accelerate action together. SAVE LIVES – Clean Your Hands. Campaign objectives: Strengthen and empower communities of actors in health care to accelerate action to improve hand hygiene and infection prevention and control at point of care. Foster collaboration and working together of people and organizations ...