The day, which is organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO), takes place on 5 May. According to WHO, every year, hundreds of millions of patients around the world suffer avoidable by health care-associated infections.
Shockingly, more than half of these infections could be prevented by caregivers if they properly cleaned their hands at key moments in patient care.
A survey of 100,000 people, conducted a couple of years ago, found that one in four people in the UK fail to wash their hands after using the bathroom. Even worse, of those who do wash their hands, more than 90% aren’t failing to do so correctly.
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