“Nurses and midwives: clean care is in your hands”: the 5th May 2020 World Health Organization SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign

In honor of Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared 2020 the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife”. On May 5th of this year, for the annual celebration of the SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign, WHO will focus on the essential role that nurses and midwive...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Peters, Alexandra, Lotfinejad, Nasim, Guitart, Chloé, Simniceanu, Alice, Padoveze, Maria Clara, Borzykowski, Tcheun, Allegranzi, Benedetta, Pittet, Didier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
Materias:
Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7168943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32306988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-020-00717-6
Descripción
Sumario:In honor of Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared 2020 the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife”. On May 5th of this year, for the annual celebration of the SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign, WHO will focus on the essential role that nurses and midwives play in contributing to saving millions of lives per year. It is necessary to recognize the work and the immense responsibility that nurses and midwives carry since achieving Universal Health Coverage is highly reliant on them.

Ejemplares similares