Hand Hygiene: Why, How & When?
Patient safety
31 July 2009
| Publication
Overview
Thousands of people die every day around the world from infections acquired while receiving health care.
- Hands are the main pathways of germ transmission during health care.
- Hand hygiene is therefore the most important measure to avoid the transmission of harmful germs and prevent health care-associated infections.
- This brochure explains how and
when to practice hand hygiene.
WHO Team
Patient for patient safety