World Hand Hygiene Day - 5th May

As part of a major global effort to improve hand hygiene in health care, the World Health Organisation launched the SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands annual campaign in 2009.  This all-important initiative aims to maintain a global profile on the importance of hand hygiene in healthcare. 

At the core of the SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands message is all healthcare workers should clean their hands at the right time and in the right way.

Hand hygiene when performed at the right time and in the right way is the simplest most effective way to prevent the spread of infection. It is a critical component of any infection prevention and control program in the hospital and healthcare environment where patient safety and staff well-being is paramount. 

To help promote the important message about hand hygiene in healthcare, we have created 5 new resources and activity sheets.  They can be downloaded and printed in colour or black and white, in A4 or A3 size.