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Implementation of the WHO Hand Hygiene Multimodal Improvement Strategy in Japan

Nobue SHIMANAKA1), Kazumi KAWAKAMI2), Kenichi SAKAMOTO3), Koh OKAMOTO4), Yumi SUZUKI5) and Hiroki SAITO6)
1)Hiroshima City Medical Association-administered Hiroshima City Aki Hospital, 2)Department of Infection Control and Nursing, Graduate School of Health Care and Nursing, Juntendo University, 3)Nanki Shirahama Onsen Rehabilitation Center, Shirahama Hamayu Hospital, 4)Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Tokyo Hospital, 5)Department of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, NHO Shimoshizu National Hospital, 6)Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St. Marianna University Yokohama Seibu Hospital


Hand hygiene in health care has been evolving globally over the last few decades. It has been more than 10 years since WHO published its guideline on hand hygiene in 2009, and progress has been made in Japan. This narrative review illustrates local activities conducted by a team "Train the Trainers in Hand Hygiene - Japan" and future directions for further hand hygiene promotion.

Key words:hand hygiene, World Health Organization

e-mail: hiroki.saito@marianna-u.ac.jp

Received: April 14, 2023
Accepted: June 3, 2023

38 (5):220─228,2023

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