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'Nurses and midwives: clean care is in your hands': the 5th May 2020 World Health Organization SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign

Authors :
Alexandra Peters
Nasim Lotfinejad
Chloé Guitart
Alice Simniceanu
Maria Clara Padoveze
Tcheun Borzykowski
Benedetta Allegranzi
Didier Pittet
Source :
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-3 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
BMC, 2020.

Abstract

Abstract In honor of Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared 2020 the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife”. On May 5th of this year, for the annual celebration of the SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign, WHO will focus on the essential role that nurses and midwives play in contributing to saving millions of lives per year. It is necessary to recognize the work and the immense responsibility that nurses and midwives carry since achieving Universal Health Coverage is highly reliant on them.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20472994
Volume :
9
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.35bb0ce41d3b4554a89fa63ce4444166
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-020-00717-6