Abstract
Hand hygiene is an effective means of preventing hospital-associated infection (HAI). Compliance among health care workers( HCWs) is the main strategic goal for the infection control committee as per the Ministry of Health collaboration with World Health Organization's (WHO) Global Patient Safety Challenge since October 2005.
Highlights
objectives Hand hygiene is an effective means of preventing hospital-associated infection
The following steps were taken by the infection control team
- Acknowledged the importance of hospital-associated infection (HAI) and hand hygiene
Summary
Successful application of World Health Organization multimodal strategy for hand hygiene. JM Alsalman*, Jameela Alsalman, Fatima Isa, Bahija Ahmed, Zaineb Alrayees, Khadmiya Altitoon, Ameena Al Sayegh, Najat Salem. From International Conference on Prevention & Infection Control (ICPIC 2011) Geneva, Switzerland. Introduction / objectives Hand hygiene is an effective means of preventing hospital-associated infection (HAI). Compliance among health care workers( HCWs) is the main strategic goal for the infection control committee as per the Ministry of Health collaboration with World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Patient Safety Challenge since October 2005
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