JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

Abstract

“ Ebola” has alerted the entire world about need for serious effort towards safe and sound health care waste management and infection control at all times and everywhere. A stitch in time saves nine and if we do not act, we may need to pay for it like what West Africa had to pay. Hand hygiene is the primary measure to reduce infections. Though the action is simple, the lack of compliance among health-care providers is problematic throughout the world. Following recent understanding of the epidemiology of hand hygiene compliance, new approaches have proven effective. The Global Patient Safety Challenge 2005–2006: “Clean Care is Safer Care” is focusing part of its attention on improving hand hygiene standards and practices in health care and on helping to implement successful interventions.