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    Hand Hygiene Saves Lives

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    This video, available in English and Spanish, teaches two key points to hospital patients and visitors to help prevent infections:

    • the importance of practicing hand hygiene while in the hospital, and
    • that it is appropriate to ask or remind their healthcare providers to practice hand hygiene as well.

     

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    Page last reviewed: March 24, 2016
    Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
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    See the CDC Handwashing: Clean Hands Save Lives website to learn about handwashing in community settings.

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