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

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
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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
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