Hand hygiene matters for everyone


Let us all continue the good habit of washing or sanitising our hands regularly that we developed during the Covid-19 pandemic, to help prevent infections from spreading. — TNS

The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners launched the first global patient safety challenge “Clean Care is Safer Care” in 2005.

World Hand Hygiene Day (WHHD), which is commemorated annually on May 5, was launched in 2009.

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