- This event has passed.
May 5 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm New York
Recording
5 May World Hand Hygiene Day – Action Saves Lives
Miranda Deeves, WHO Technical Officer, Infection Prevention & Control, and Claire Kilpatrick, WHO consultant, Infection Prevention & Control
Special Lecture for World Hand Hygiene Day
Free
Teleclass
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


