Special Lecture for International Hand Hygiene Day
Date: May 5, 2026
Special Lecture for International Hand Hygiene Day
Faculty: Amanda Deeves, World Health Organization
Live broadcast time:
1:30pm-2:30pm in New York / Toronto
7:30pm in Geneva
3:30am (May 6) in Sydney
2:30pm in Buenos Aires
8:30pm in Riyadh
17:30 UTC
Objectives
- This session aims to highlight the importance of taking action to improve hand hygiene and IPC in health care and examples of global advancement. Objectives:
- Promote optimal hand hygiene practices within the health care workflow
- To promote inclusion of hand hygiene within national IPC action plans, as well as standard operating procedures at facility level
- To raise awareness about the WHO global action plan and monitoring framework indicator on hand hygiene compliance monitoring and feedback
- To encourage campaigning and action to improve IPC and hand hygiene To be posted
