"Seconds save lives - clean your hands": the 5 May 2021 World Health Organization SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign

Affiliations

¹ Infection Prevention and Control Technical and Clinical Hub, Department of Integrated Health Services, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland.
² 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; Infection Control Programme, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Infection Control Programme, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.

Benedetta Allegranzi et al. Am J Infect Control. 2021 May.

. 2021 May;49(5):533-535.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.02.017.

¹ Infection Prevention and Control Technical and Clinical Hub, Department of Integrated Health Services, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland.
² 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; Infection Control Programme, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Infection Control Programme, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.

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Keywords: Alcohol-based handrub; Global health; Hand hygiene; Infection prevention and control; Point of care; World Health Organization.

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