Why?

• The main pathway of germ transmission during health care are from hands. 
• Hand hygiene is crucial to avoid the transmission of harmful germs and preventing health care-associated infections.

Who?

• Any person, may it be a caregiver, health-care worker or anyone else who is in direct or indirect patient care, needs to be concerned about hand hygiene and should be able to perform it correctly. 

How?

• Clean your hands by rubbing them with an alcohol-based formulation, if hands are not visibly soiled. It is faster, more effective, and better tolerated by your hands compared to soap and water. 
• Use soap and water to wash your hands when they are visibly dirty or soiled with blood, other fluids, or after using the toilet.
• Clean your hands regularly. 

Source of Information:

https://www.who.int/gpsc/5may/Hand_Hygiene_Why_How_and_When_Brochure.pdf