Experts Around the World Show Commitment to WHO's Clean Your Hands Campaign
As part of the major global effort to improve hand hygiene in healthcare, the WHO SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign every year asks people to share their photographs. In 2015, social media analytics reported a reach of 39 million for #safeHANDS, with thousands of people posting their photographs. This year leaders from around the world have already taken their photographs in support of the 2016 theme of #safesurgicalhands.
Happy Hand Hygiene Day! Rethinking Glove Use for Safer, Cleaner, and More Ethical Health Care
May 5th 2025Despite their protective role, gloves are often misused in health care settings—undermining hand hygiene, risking patient safety, and worsening environmental impact. Alexandra Peters, PhD, points out that this misuse deserves urgent attention, especially today, World Hand Hygiene Day.
The Guardians of Animal Health: Who Are Veterinary Infection Preventionists?
March 21st 2025Veterinary infection control experts Leslie Kollmann, BS, AAS, CVT, CIC, Denise Waiting, LVT, and Leslie Landis, LVT, BS, discuss challenges, zoonotic disease risks, and the importance of education, collaboration, and resource development in animal care facilities.
