security is in our hands: get you wet and wash them
world day of the hygiene of hands
-posters and workshops so that everyone involved in the hygiene of hands
Madrid, may 2012.- El Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa for the fourth consecutive year, under the guidelines of the World Health Organization and the General direction of care to the patient of the Madrileñ serviceor health, Ministry of health, joins the celebration of the day world of the hygiene of hands that we all remember from May 5 to the staff of the Centre and to all users the importance of proper hygiene of hands. To fall this year in Saturday activities moved to the May 7 and lasted throughout the week.
The Hospital is a Center pro clean hands for the reduction of the risk of nosocomial infection. The end of this day is to precisely remember that hands are the most common vehicle of transmission of pathogenic elements. Thus, it is necessary to involve all persons in preventive measures to avoid the spread.
In charge of hygiene group, hands, in collaboration with the functional unit of risk management, and in order to alert professionals and the public in general of the need for a correct hygiene of hands, this year, as in previous years, visitors to the Centre found in all entries and external informative posters consultations thereon.
The poster directed both staff of the Center as patients and visitors who come to the hospital to see sick slogan is get wet: wash your hands. Clean hands save lives ”. And all this within the overall context of health is important and can be preserved with such simple measures as it is the hygiene of hands.
on the other hand, stickers are all workers of the Centre in order to raise awareness on this issue have been published. These stickers and posters are also divided into Pediatrics to inform parents of the importance of their children are conciencien of something as simple as it is hand washing.
Educate with good habits
Two specific posters for the child world, precisely because of the importance of instilling in children these hygienic habits have been published in this edition. The first poster is aimed at children, professionals, parents and educators: my ma me the: life ”, as the message my health is important, clean hands saves me life.
the second is aimed at older children and are capable of washing the hands without help: I have in my hands the solution for the problems of the world, but before the problems of the world, I have my hands. Clean hands save lives ”. In addition, will carry out a workshop in Pediatrics to teach parents and children themselves to wash their hands, influencing the importance and showing microbes there.
how wash our hands?
It must be borne in mind that should wash their hands with SOAP or alcohol solution. In the first case the washing should be between 40 and 60 seconds, while the alcoholic solution is enough to do it for 20-30 seconds.
