Global Hand Washing Day 2021 October 15
Seconds save lives – clean your hands
- M.A.Aleem Neurologist Trichy
Global Handwashing Day is an international handwashing promotion campaign to motivate and mobilize people around the world to improve their handwashing habits. Washing hands at critical points during the day and washing with soap are both important. Global Handwashing Day occurs on 15 October of each year.
Appropriate hand washing prevents up to 50% of avoidable infections acquired during daily day today activities
Appropriate hand hygiene reduces the risk on SARS-CoV-2 - the virus that causes COVID-19 - infection.
1 in 3 facilities lack hand hygiene facilities at the point of care.
Globally, out of every 100 patients, 7 in developed and 15 in developing countries will acquire at least one HAI in acute care hospitals.
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