Deficiencies in #HandHygiene infrastructure, practices & culture have great impacts on patient & health workers' safety.

Facility managers should ensure the establishment of infection prevention & control programs at their health facilities.

#TurnNigeriaOrange, #UniteForSafety.

Improving the quality & safety of health care through informed #IPC practices such as #HandHygiene bolsters the feeling of protection by patients & healthcare workers.

Dr Tochi Okwor, our #IPC Lead, urges us all to improve hand hygiene for a quality & safer healthcare climate.

Watch the full video via:
https://youtu.be/7CeGTLbA07o

📢GOING LIVE IN 30 MINUTES

Germs can live on surfaces for hours & can easily be passed from person to person through our hands.

Join us as we learn the importance of #HandHygiene from experts & partners in Infection Prevention and Control.

🕑 6 p.m.
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Join us to take a pledge today to #CleanYourHands, stop the spread of infections through good #HandHygiene and save lives!

Take the pledge and share: https://getdp.co/WHHD2022

#TurnNigeriaOrange #HandHygieneDay #UniteForSafety

Scientific evidence demonstrates that appropriate #HandHygiene prevents up to 50% of avoidable infections.

Today, we join the global community to celebrate #WorldHandHygieneDay2022, with the theme, #UniteForSafety: Clean Your Hands.

#TurnNigeriaOrange

Avoidable infections can occur in health care facilities 🏥 in the absence of #HandHygiene.

Policymakers are urged to prioritise resources, training and programmes that improve #CleanHands practices at points of care across the country.

#UniteForSafety, #TurnNigeriaOrange

Business owners and facility managers should promote #HandHygiene at all times.

Provide adequate hand hygiene supplies such as running water, soap & hand sanitiser in all shared spaces.

#SecondsSaveLives
#InfectionPreventionControl

Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers such as #LassaFever spread mainly from person to person through direct & indirect contact.

When properly done, #HandHygiene is very important to reduce the risk of healthcare workers' infection.

Our #IPC guidelines for #VHFs ⬇️
https://ncdc.gov.ng/themes/common/docs/protocols/111_1579986179.pdf

Business owners and facility managers should promote #HandHygiene at all times.

Provide adequate hand hygiene supplies such as running water, soap & hand sanitiser in all shared spaces.

Clean hands save lives

Preventing #LassaFever starts with simple habits!

Remember: 20 seconds of regular handwashing with soap and water can save lives🧼

Let's keep our hands clean and our loved ones safe.

#STOPLassaFever #HandHygiene

Improving the quality and safety of health care through informed #IPC practices such as #HandHygiene bolsters the feeling of protection by patients & healthcare workers.

Facility managers should ensure #handhygiene at every point of care is promoted at all times.

#HandHygiene with clean, running water is very vital to the prevention of #cholera.

Important #handwashing moments⬇️

✅While caring for the ill
✅After using the toilet
✅Before food preparation
✅Before and after eating
✅After touching high contact surfaces

#TakeResponsibility

#HandHygiene with soap under clean, running water is very vital to the prevention of #cholera.

Important #handwashing moments⬇️
✅While caring for the ill
✅After using the toilet
✅Before food preparation
✅Before and after eating
✅After touching high contact surfaces

#TakeResponsibility

#HandHygiene with clean, running water is very vital to the prevention of #cholera.

Important #handwashing moments⬇️

✅While caring for the ill
✅After using the toilet
✅Before food preparation
✅Before and after eating
✅After touching high contact surfaces

#TakeResponsibility

🧼 Keep Your Hands Clean, Stay Healthy! 👐🏽

Washing your hands at the right moments helps prevent the spread of germs and diseases. Don’t forget to wash your hands:

✅ After coughing/sneezing
✅ After touching high-contact surfaces
✅ Before touching a mask
✅ When entering/leaving public spaces
✅ Upon returning home
✅ While caring for the ill

Clean hands save lives! 🙌🏽 #HandHygiene #StaySafe #NCDCNigeria

#FactFriday

Clean hands is one of the simplest and most effective ways to stay healthy and protect those around you from diseases👌
Washing your hands with soap under clean running water for just 20 seconds can reduce your risk of infection by up to 50%? 🙌🏽

Make handwashing a daily habit ✅️

#FactFriday #HandHygiene #HealthyLiving #NCDCNigeria

Clean hands save lives.
Wash your hands regularly with soap under clean running water to protect yourself and others from infections. 🧼👐

#LassaFever #NCDCNigeria #HandHygiene #StaySafe

Every day, our hands come in contact with germs from surfaces, people, and objects around us.

Without proper hygiene, these germs easily enter the body and cause illness.
Washing your hands with soap under clean running water for at least 20 seconds especially before eating, after using the toilet, and after touching shared surfaces is one of the most effective ways to prevent infections.

✅Make handwashing a habit, protect yourself and those around you.

Clean hands today, healthier tomorrow.

#HealthTipMonday #HandHygiene #NCDCNigeria