Theme for World Hand Hygiene Day 2023

“Together, we can accelerate action to

prevent infections and antimicrobial
resistance in health care and build a
culture of safety and quality in which hand
hygiene improvement is given high
priority.”
 Why hand washing is important?
80% of disease Hand washing is the most
isImportance
spread by effective way to prevent the
hands spread of respiratory illness.

Hand hygiene is therefore the

most important measure to avoid
the transmission of harmful
germs and prevent health care-
associated infections
 Different types of hand washing

Medical hand washing

Alcohol hand rub for 20-30 seconds
for 2-3 minutes

Surgical hand washing

for 5 minutes
RUB HANDS FOR HAND HYGIENE! WASH
HANDS WHEN VISIBLY SOILED
 How to handrub?

Duration of the entire procedure: 20-30 seconds

 How to handwash?

Duration of the entire procedure: 40-60 seconds

5 golden moments for hand hygiene