Al-Ahli Hospital Celebrates Hand Hygiene Day
Date
5/16/2023 2:16:38 AM
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
Doha: Al-Ahli Hospital is keen to celebrate the annual Hand Hygiene Day each year, this year the festival took a unique approach in carrying the message of“Save Lives: Clean Your Hand” to its guests.
The higher management at Al-Ahli Hospital patronage this day by participating with its activities beside the staff, nurses, and physicians.
The hospital welcomed this year's anniversary with different types of activities. The highlights of the celebration included the screening of pictures about the importance of hand hygiene and hand sanitising, showcasing the correct WHO-defined steps on how to do hand rub, in addition to the distribution of flyers on the 'How, Why and When' of hand hygiene.
Also, stick-on colourful badges and free hand sanitisers were distributed to all who visited the booth and demonstrated the correct hand hygiene technique.
One of the important activities that is displayed is the Glow-germ product which protects users from getting infected by applying it on hands before washing them.
Infection Control Department at the hospital participated actively this year to indorse Hand Hygiene awareness, they arranged and coordinated all the activities and events to encourage and support this Nobel motion that helps saving lives and protects from getting sick.
Director of pathology & laboratory medicine department at Al-Ahli Hospital, Dr. Mohammed Al-Ahmadi said:“Hand hygiene is one most important things we can promote in health care to prevent illness. Hand sanitizing and washing is easiest thing we can do to protect our lives.”
Dr. Al-Ahmadi said“Each year the hand hygiene campaign aims to elevate the awareness of hand hygiene importance at Al-Ahli Hospital, in addition to that it aims to bring health care workers and patient together in the support of the Hand Hygiene process by participating in this active campaign.”
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