A Guide to the Implementation of the WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy

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Publication language
English
Pages
48pp
Date published
01 Jan 2009
Type
Tools, guidelines and methodologies
Keywords
Disasters, Epidemics & pandemics, Health
Organisations
World Health Organization (WHO)
Link
http://www.who.int/gpsc/5may/tools/en/

WHO Patient Safety team has provided a suite of tools to support health-care facilities in implementing a multimodal strategy in order to improve hand hygiene practices among health-care workers.
Health-care facilities are encouraged to start with the Guide to implementation of the WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy. This is a key tool that provides comprehensive advice on how to develop an effective action plan and how to use the other tools.