Nurses and Midwives, clean care is in your hands!
nnnn5 May 2020
nnnn#SupportNursesAndMidwives #HandHygiene #InfectionPrevention
nnnnHand Hygiene Day isnobserved annually on May 5 to raise awareness of the importance of adequatenhandwashing in health care settings.
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Health care systems poorncare is responsible to more than 8 million deaths annually in low- andnmiddle-income countries.
nnnnSEE Health Network (SEEHN)njoins the celebration of the SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands: an ongoing worldwidencampaign to highlight the crucial importance of cleaning hands.
nnnnThis year to align with the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, SEEHN is reiterating the importance of nurses and midwives in infection prevention and control, providing clean and safer care.
nnnnThencurrent pandemic of COVID-19 revived and spotted the decisive role of cleannhands to stop the virus spreading and to keep safe the health professionals,ntherefore SEEHN is calling thenGovernments for Action to ensure hand hygiene practices widely aimed to preventnthe transmission of the COVID-19 virus by:
nnnn1. Providing universalnaccess to public hand hygiene stations and making their use obligatory onnentering and leaving any public or private commercial building and any publicntransport facility.
nnnn2. Improving access to hand hygiene facilities and practices in health care facilities.
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