In Brief: Worldwide initiative to drastically reduce hospital infections

The Global Patient Safety Challenge is a core programme of the WHO's World Alliance for Patient Safety, launched in 2004.

It brings together new guidelines on hand hygiene in health care with strategies already addressing risks for infection in areas such as blood, injection and immunisation, clinical practices, safe water, sanitation and waste management.

This blog will tell you more about the latest research and development made by the Medical University of Geneva. Also, you might be interested in the following related sites:

-	Geneva University Hospital
-	WHO
-	WHO guidelines on hand hygiene in health care
-	Federal Health Office
-	Swiss Hand Hygiene (French)
-	Swiss-NOSO

- Swissinfo.org