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Why hand hygiene is a

quality improvement

tool?

Worldwide, 30, 000 women and 4,00,000 babies die every
year from infections such as puerperal sepsis, often caused
by lack of water, sanitation and poor hand-washing
practices. 1
It is estimated that washing hands with soap and water
could reduce diarrheal disease-associated deaths by up to
50%. Up to 80% of communicable diseases are transferred
2
by touch. Proper hand washing can reduce diarrhea rates
by 40% and respiratory infections by close to 20%. Failing
to wash hands correctly contributes to nearly 50% of all
food borne illness outbreaks. There is fecal matter on 10%
of credit cards, 14% of banknotes and 16% of cell phones.

All these changes are welcome for business to be
in the market and, of course, to grow better
from all sides. But while taking charge of
theses advanced technological tools,
one must not go away from the basic
simple tactics which are our ancestral
miraculous gifts like, ‘hand washing.’ Here we will
focus only on quality improvement in the medical
| Oc t ober - Dec ember 2 0 19 can bring a significant change in a nation’s health?
world by following a simple method of hand
washing. Whether medical professionals, hospital
staff, nurses alone need to follow this practice and

The answer is NO. Every individual in the society
needs to practice hand hygiene. Impact of this
simple habit would be a great contributing factor for
a healthy nation.

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