Promoting and sustaining a historical and global effort to prevent sepsis: the 2018 World Health Organization SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign

Martischang, Romain; Pires, Daniela; Masson-Roy, Sarah; Saito, Hiroki; Pittet, Didier

doi:10.1186/s13054-018-2011-3

Scientific article

English

Promoting and sustaining a historical and global effort to prevent sepsis: the 2018 World Health Organization SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign

ContributorsMartischang, Romain; Pires, Daniela; Masson-Roy, Sarah; Saito, Hiroki; Pittet, Didier

Published inCritical Care, vol. 22, no. 1, 92

Publication date2018

Abstract

Sepsis is estimated to affect more than 30 million patients with potentially five million deaths every year worldwide. Prevention of sepsis, as well as early recognition, diagnosis and treatment, can't be overlooked to mitigate this global public health threat. World Health Organization (WHO) promotes hand hygiene in health care through its annual global campaign, SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign on 5 May every year. The 2018 campaign targets sepsis with the overall theme "It's in your hands; prevent sepsis in health care".

Keywords

Hand Hygiene/methods/standards
Humans
Infection Control/methods/standards
Program Development
Quality of Health Care/standards
Sepsis/prevention & control
World Health Organization

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

Staphylocoques dorés résistants à la méthicilline et hygiène hospitalière (330)

Citation (ISO format)

MARTISCHANG, Romain et al. Promoting and sustaining a historical and global effort to prevent sepsis: the 2018 World Health Organization SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign. In: Critical Care, 2018, vol. 22, n° 1, p. 92. doi: 10.1186/s13054-018-2011-3