\u201cSeconds save lives\u2014clean your hands\u201d: the 5 May 2021 World Health Organization SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign

Benedetta Allegranzi,Didier Pittet,Ermira Tartari

doi:10.1186/s13756-021-00926-7

Abstract

To highlight the urgent need to save lives by implementing best practices in health care delivery, the slogan for 5 May 2021, world hand hygiene day, is Seconds save lives - clean your hands. The WHO campaign calls to action key stakeholders: health care workers, IPC practitioners, patients and families, facility managers, policy-makers, vaccinators, and the general public who can play critical roles in achieving optimal hand hygiene at the point of care, helping to strengthen society involvement.

Highlights

The year 2020 was unprecedented in many ways, one of which was the tremendous attention given to appropriate hand hygiene practices in the fight against SARS-CoV-2
In the context of the pandemic World Health Organization (WHO) launched several initiatives, including the new WHO and UNICEF Hand Hygiene for All initiative to consistently improve hand hygiene practices as a whole-of-society approach to stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and sustain good practices beyond the pandemic
This year, WHO’s SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign focuses on achieving appropriate hand hygiene

Summary

Introduction

The year 2020 was unprecedented in many ways, one of which was the tremendous attention given to appropriate hand hygiene practices in the fight against SARS-CoV-2. Adequate infrastructures should be provided in health care and public settings, including for example schools and public transportations, and appropriate behaviour to clean hands when needed should be taken by all key players. This year, WHO’s SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign focuses on achieving appropriate hand hygiene

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