It's World Hand Hygiene Day: Do You Know the Risks of Dirty Hands?

Each year, World Hand Hygiene Day highlights a simple, evidence-based priority: clean hands reduce the spread of infection. The World Health Organization captures this through the “Five Moments for Hand Hygiene,” a framework designed to guide action at the right time: Before touching a patient (protects the patient from harmful germs on hands), Bef...

  • Published date: 05-05-2026 05:38 PM