Clean Care is Safer Care :)

                                                           
                                                   

                                                             "A clean hands can save lives."

Hand hygiene is a simple thing and it's the best way to prevent infection and illness.

Clean hands prevent infections. Keeping hands clean prevents illness at home, at school, and at work. Hand hygiene practices are key prevention measures in healthcare settings, in daycare facilities, in schools and public institutions, and for the safety of our food.

In healthcare settings, hand hygiene can prevent potentially fatal infections from spreading from patient to patient and from patient to healthcare worker and vice-versa.

On May 5, World Hand Hygiene Day is celebrated by the World Health Organization (WHO), CDC and other partners to encourage healthcare providers to promote and practice good hand hygiene measures to reduce the risk of infection among patients.

CDC has developed several hand hygiene resources for patients and healthcare providers.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) this are the guidelines or step by step procedure of a hand hygiene technique with soap and water:

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) this are the guidelines or step by step procedure of a hand hygiene technique with the use of alcohol or hand sanitizer:

 So those are the guidelines by the WHO (World Health Organization). Always remember that keeping your hands clean is one of the most important ways to prevent the spread of infection and illness. Because clean care is safer care.

sources: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241597906_eng.pdf
             http://www.who.int/gpsc/5may/background/en/
             http://www.cdc.gov/features/handhygiene/