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Experts around the world show commitment to WHO 5 May campaign
As part of the major global effort to improve hand hygiene in health care, the WHO SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign every year asks people to share their photographs.
In 2015, social media analytics reported a reach of 39 million for #safeHANDS, with thousands of people posting their photographs.
This year leaders from around the world have already taken their photographs in support of the 2016 theme of #safesurgicalhands.
Patient safety in developing countries: retrospective estimation of scale and nature of harm to patients in hospital
A study conducted in six countries of the Region (all with developing or transitional economies) revealed that up to 18% of inpatient admissions in hospitals are associated with adverse events. Importantly, around 3% of hospital admissions are associated with death or permanent disability and 83% of such adverse events were judged to be preventable. This is an important study and calls the attention of policy-makers to the extent of the problem of unsafe health care. It also sheds light on the key areas that require attention.
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