Deficiencies in #HandHygiene infrastructure, practices & culture have great impacts on patient & health workers' safety.

Facility managers should ensure the establishment of infection prevention & control programs at their health facilities.

#TurnNigeriaOrange, #UniteForSafety.

Improving the quality & safety of health care through informed #IPC practices such as #HandHygiene bolsters the feeling of protection by patients & healthcare workers.

Dr Tochi Okwor, our #IPC Lead, urges us all to improve hand hygiene for a quality & safer healthcare climate.

Watch the full video via:
https://youtu.be/7CeGTLbA07o

📢GOING LIVE IN 30 MINUTES

Germs can live on surfaces for hours & can easily be passed from person to person through our hands.

Join us as we learn the importance of #HandHygiene from experts & partners in Infection Prevention and Control.

🕑 6 p.m.
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Join us to take a pledge today to #CleanYourHands, stop the spread of infections through good #HandHygiene and save lives!

Take the pledge and share: https://getdp.co/WHHD2022

#TurnNigeriaOrange #HandHygieneDay #UniteForSafety

Scientific evidence demonstrates that appropriate #HandHygiene prevents up to 50% of avoidable infections.

Today, we join the global community to celebrate #WorldHandHygieneDay2022, with the theme, #UniteForSafety: Clean Your Hands.

#TurnNigeriaOrange

Avoidable infections can occur in health care facilities 🏥 in the absence of #HandHygiene.

Policymakers are urged to prioritise resources, training and programmes that improve #CleanHands practices at points of care across the country.

#UniteForSafety, #TurnNigeriaOrange

Business owners and facility managers should promote #HandHygiene at all times.

Provide adequate hand hygiene supplies such as running water, soap & hand sanitiser in all shared spaces.

#SecondsSaveLives
#InfectionPreventionControl

Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers such as #LassaFever spread mainly from person to person through direct & indirect contact.

When properly done, #HandHygiene is very important to reduce the risk of healthcare workers' infection.

Our #IPC guidelines for #VHFs ⬇️
https://ncdc.gov.ng/themes/common/docs/protocols/111_1579986179.pdf

Business owners and facility managers should promote #HandHygiene at all times.

Provide adequate hand hygiene supplies such as running water, soap & hand sanitiser in all shared spaces.

Clean hands save lives

Preventing #LassaFever starts with simple habits!

Remember: 20 seconds of regular handwashing with soap and water can save lives🧼

Let's keep our hands clean and our loved ones safe.

#STOPLassaFever #HandHygiene

Improving the quality and safety of health care through informed #IPC practices such as #HandHygiene bolsters the feeling of protection by patients & healthcare workers.

Facility managers should ensure #handhygiene at every point of care is promoted at all times.