El Día Mundial de la Higiene de Manos, el 5 de mayo, nos recuerda que la higiene de manos es importante hoy y todos los días. Y es especialmente importante en los entornos de atención médica donde la higiene de manos reduce el riesgo de que los pacientes contraigan infecciones y desarrollen sepsis.
Como parte del Día Mundial de la Higiene de Manos, hemos querido hacer un recordatorio en 3 pasos para ayudar a los profesionales de la salud a reducir las infecciones y la sepsis entre los pacientes.
Pensar en la higiene. Actuar para prevenir. Cuidar a los pacientes. O más simple: Pensar. Actuar. Cuidar.
Check this video with Carolyn Berland, our Senior Scientist on the importance of proper hand hygiene for health and every day hygiene.
The world is facing an unprecedented challenge with society’s and economies everywhere affected by the increasing COVID-19 pandemic. Caring for hygiene, health and well-being is key for Essity.
Hand hygiene is especially important in healthcare settings where hand hygiene reduces the risk of patients contracting infections and developing diseases like for example sepsis.
A new survey conducted by Tork spanning five different countries reveals that more than half of surveyed healthcare professionals would like hand hygiene to be given higher priority.
Read more about improving hand hygiene, download valuable tools
Essity is supporting the Private Organization for Patient Safety and the WHO around the theme of ‘bringing people together’ to promote effective hand hygiene practices globally.
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