‘Seconds save lives – clean your hands’: the 5 May 2021 World Health Organization’s SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign

  • Benedetta Allegranzi Infection Prevention and Control Technical and Clinical Hub, Department of Integrated Health Services, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland
  • Ermira Tartari Infection Prevention and Control Technical and Clinical Hub, Department of Integrated Health Services, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Malta; and Infection Control Programme, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Didier Pittet Infection Control Programme, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3396/ijic.v17.21418
Keywords: hand hygiene, point of care, infection prevention and control, World Health Organization, healthcare-associated infection, public health, global health, policy-making, alcohol-based handrub, hand sanitizer

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Published
2021-04-27
How to Cite
Allegranzi, B., Tartari, E., & Pittet, D. (2021). ‘Seconds save lives – clean your hands’: the 5 May 2021 World Health Organization’s SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign. International Journal of Infection Control, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.3396/ijic.v17.21418
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Vol 17 (2021)
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Short Commentary

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