Why is sharing knowledge about hand hygiene and infection prevention and control still so important?

Int J Infect Dis. 2024 Jul:144:107063. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107063. Epub 2024 Apr 22.

Authors

Claire Kilpatrick¹, Ermira Tartari², Julie Storr¹, Didier Pittet³, Benedetta Allegranzi¹

Affiliations

¹ Infection Prevention and Control Unit and Hub, Department of Integrated Health Services, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
² Infection Prevention and Control Unit and Hub, Department of Integrated Health Services, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Msida, Malta. Electronic address: tartaribonnicie@who.int.
³ Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

PMID: 38657759
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107063

No abstract available

Keywords: Campaigning; Education and training; Guidelines; Hand hygiene; Infection prevention and control; Strategy.

Publication types

Letter
Editorial

MeSH terms

Cross Infection / prevention & control
Hand Hygiene*
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
Humans
Infection Control* / methods
Infection Control* / standards

Grants and funding

001/WHO_/World Health Organization/International