Let's prevent sepsis in health care – The 5 May 2018 World Health Organization (WHO) SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign - 02/06/18
Doi : 10.1016/j.jinf.2018.03.003
Alexandra Peters a, 1, Hiroki Saito b, 1, Tcheun Borzykowski a, Claire Kilpatrick b, Benedetta Allegranzi b, Didier Pittet a, ⁎ 
a Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, 4 Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
b Infection Prevention and Control Global Unit, Department of Service Delivery and Safety, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
⁎Corresponding author.
Highlights |
• | Sepsis is being recognized as a global public health issue. |
• | WHO annual global hand hygiene campaign focuses on sepsis in health care in 2018. |
• | The 2018 campaign slogan is “It's in your hands – prevent sepsis in healthcare”. |
Keywords : Hand hygiene, Infection prevention and control, Sepsis, World Health Organization, Healthcare-associated infection, Public health, Global health, Behavioural change, Policy making, Infection prevention
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Vol 76 - N° 6
P. 563-569 - juin 2018 Retour au numéro
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