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. 2019 Apr 17:8:64.
doi: 10.1186/s13756-019-0513-7. eCollection 2019.

"Clean care for all-it's in your hands": the May 5th, 2019 World Health Organization SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign

Alexandra Peters  1 , Tcheun Borzykowski  1 , Ermira Tartari  1 , Claire Kilpatrick  2 , Safiah Hwai Chuen Mai  2 , Benedetta Allegranzi  2 , Didier Pittet  1
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"Clean care for all-it's in your hands": the May 5th, 2019 World Health Organization SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign

Alexandra Peters et al. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. .
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Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance; Global health; Hand hygiene; Healthcare-associated infection; Infection control; Infection prevention and control; Survey; Universal health coverage; World Health Organization.

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No ethical approval required.All authors consent (see forms).The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Didier Pittet works with WHO in the context of the WHO initiative ‘Private Organizations for Patient Safety – Hand Hygiene’. The aim of this WHO initiative is to harness industry strengths to align and improve implementation of WHO recommendations for hand hygiene in health care indifferent parts of the world, including in least developed countries. In this instance, companies/industry with a focus on hand hygiene and infection control related advancement have the specific aim of improving access to affordable hand hygiene products as well as through education and research. All listed authors declare no financial support, grants, financial interests or consultancy that could lead to conflicts of interest.Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

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May 5, 2019: “Clean care for all – it’s in your hands”!. The May 5, 2019, World Health Organization SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign slogan and main promotional image (2019 hashtags: #HandHygiene #InfectionPrevention #HealthForAll). Campaign participants are invited to submit photos or selfies of them holding a board with the slogan and hashtags at www.CleanHandsSaveLives.org
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