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World Hand Hygiene Day - 5th May 2018

Every year on the 5 May, the World Health Organisation calls on health facilities to participate in a global hand hygiene campaign. 

This year’s hand hygiene campaign is focused on the prevention of health care-associated sepsis through hand hygiene and infection prevention and control (IPC) action.

Given there is an estimated 30 million patients affected by Sepsis each year worldwide, Hand Hygiene is recognised as the single most important activity for an effective Infection Prevention and Control Program. 

So time to get on board - Embrace the importance of implementing and strengthening your teams hand hygiene ..

It's just good practice!