Our Recommendations
New Publications
- WHO research for hand hygiene in health care 2023–2030: summary (2023)
- 5 moments suffisent pour changer le monde: Pratiquez l'hygiene des mains, prévenez la propagation des germes multi-résistants (2021)
- Compendium sur le lavage des main dans les contextes pauvres en ressources (2020)
- ملخص عن غسل اليدين لإعدادات الموارد المنخفضة - مستند حي (2020)
- Handwashing for health care workers (2014)
Filter
127
Featured
Recommendations
26
New Publications
2
Language
Document type
Infographics
39
Guidelines
30
Training Material
18
Fact sheets
15
Videos
9
Online Courses
6
Manuals
2
Studies & Reports
2
Brochures
2
Resource Platforms
2
No document type
2
Countries / Regions
Russia
11
Mozambique
8
Senegal
7
Burkina Faso
7
Angola
7
Guinea
6
Sierra Leone
5
Mali
5
Liberia
5
Portugal
4
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
4
Brazil
4
Sri Lanka
4
Indonesia
4
Somalia
4
Africa
3
Latin America and the Carribbean
3
Germany
3
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
3
Nigeria
2
Global
2
South Africa
2
Uganda
2
South Sudan
2
India
2
Kenya
1
Ghana
1
Benin
1
Cameroon
1
Niger
1
Malaysia
1
Zimbabwe
1
Haiti
1
Guinea-Bissau
1
Congo, Democratic Republic of
1
Middle East and North Africa
1
South–East Asia Region
1
Yemen
1
Central African Republic
1
Ethiopia
1
Chad
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Key Resources
66
Countries
26
Capacity Building
6
Pharmacy & Technologies
2
Want to build a tippy tap? Want to teach someone else how to? Here is a graphical manual that works for both literate and illiterate populations. Spanish version
Accessed 13 January 2015
These posters are great for tippy taps that are built in public areas like schools or village meeting areas. They list the benefits of the tippy tap as well as highlight a country or region specific hand washing statistic.
Hindi version
Accessed 13 January 2015
These posters are great for tippy taps that are built in public areas like schools or village meeting areas. They list the benefits of the tippy tap as well as highlight a country or region specific hand washing statistic.
This fact sheet developed by CAWST describes the history of soap, how it’s made, and the two processes for making soap. This fact sheet is available in English, Spanish, and French.
Handwashing for health care workers
recommended
Poster
Les infections associées aux soins sont les complications les plus fréquentes qui affectent les patients hospitalisés. L'hygiène des mains est la plus efficace des mesures préventives de ces infections. Cependant, l'observance à ce geste simple parmi les professionnels médico-soignants reste ...
These posters are great to display near tippy taps that are built in public areas like schools or village meeting areas. They list the benefits of the tippy tap. These multilingual posters are sized for A3 paper. Please ensure you print to fit for other size paper.
This guide to local production of WHO-recommended handrub formulations is separated into two discrete but interrelated sections:
Part A provides a practical guide for use at the pharmacy bench during the actual preparation of the formulation. Users may want to display the material on the wall of ...
A l’attention des professionnels soignants, des formateurs et des observateurs des pratiques d’hygiène des mains
Les infections associées aux soins (IAS) touchent des centaines de millions de patients dans le monde chaque année. Ces infections sont à l’origine de pathologies graves, de prolongements de la durée du séjour en établissement de soins, d’invalidités à long terme, de coûts personnels im...
First Global Patient Safety Challenge Clean Care is Safer Care
The WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care provide health-care workers (HCWs), hospital administrators and health authorities with a thorough review of evidence on hand hygiene in health care and specific recommendations to impro...
How to Hand rub?
recommended
Poster
How to Hand wash
recommended
Poster
Hand Hygiene: Why, How and When?
recommended
Hand Hygiene: Why, How, & When?
