{"id":1097,"date":"2017-05-05T12:01:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T18:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2017-05-05T12:01:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T18:01:59","slug":"world-hand-hygiene-day-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/world-hand-hygiene-day-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"World Hand Hygiene Day 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/hygiene-153375_1280.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-979\" src=\"https:\/\/brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/hygiene-153375_1280-300x276.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/hygiene-153375_1280-300x276.png 300w, https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/hygiene-153375_1280-1024x941.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/hygiene-153375_1280.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May 5 is World Hand Hygiene Day. Today the World Health Organization (WHO) reminds the world to &#8220;Fight antibiotic resistance\u2014it\u2019s in your hands.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hand hygiene is at the core of effective infection prevention and control programs, and actions today serve as a reminder to continue, as well as improve, best practices in this area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHO is calling for health workers to clean their hands at the right times, building on hand hygiene improvement efforts made up to now. CEOs, administrators, and managers should support hand hygiene campaigns, and infection prevention and control programs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you work in the healthcare field, we want to hear from you. What improvements have you seen in your workplace in regards to hand hygiene? What more could be done? <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/breviscorporation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please let us know on our Facebook page<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And join the online conversation with WHO by using #handhygiene and #antibiotic resistance. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sources:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/gpsc\/5may\/en\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www.who.int\/gpsc\/5may\/en\/<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/infection-prevention\/campaigns\/clean-hands\/2017\/en\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www.who.int\/infection-prevention\/campaigns\/clean-hands\/2017\/en\/<\/span><\/i><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; May 5 is World Hand Hygiene Day. 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