According to the World Health Organization, hand hygiene is the primary measure to reduce healthcare-associated infection.

Launched in May 2009 by the World Health Organization, the SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands initiative aims to support health-care workers to improve hand hygiene and stop the spread of infection.

• Be part of a global movement to improve hand hygiene.
• Join the network of countries that already have hand hygiene campaigns operating.
• Help fight HAI in your country.
• Use the WHO toolkit to improve hand hygiene compliance and have access to other updates and resources from WHO Patient Safety.
• Share your knowledge and successes with others.
• Make patient safety Your No 1 priority.

Click here to download the World Health Organizations Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care. And be sure to visit the World Health Organization's web page dedicated to the SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands initiative, which includes a short movie on hand hygiene.