Successful application of World Health Organization multimodal strategy for hand hygiene

Methods The following steps were taken by the infection control team in A secondary/tertiary care hospital (>1000 bed) and in a psychiatry hospital (>230 beds), for the last 3 years; were we: Acknowledged the importance of HAI and hand hygiene and started the surveillance. Developed ongoing campaigns at national or subnational levels to promote and improve hand hygiene among HCWs; where we ran two campaigns per year Made information available on HAI and hand hygiene for all HCWs through educational sessions, Â materials, newsletter, workshops and a designed website. Shared experiences with the WHO Used the WHO strategies, guidelines and tools to tackle HAI Promoted the highest standards of practice and behavior to reduce HAI; Encouraged the senior management support for implementation of interventions to reduce HAIs. Created a voluntary team of medical residents to participate in the audit.