My 5 moments for hand hygiene

he My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene approach defines the key moments when health-care workers should perform hand hygiene.

This evidence-based, field-tested, user-centred approach is designed to be easy to learn, logical and applicable in a wide range of settings.

This approach recommends health-care workers to clean their hands

before touching a patient,

before clean/aseptic procedures,

after body fluid exposure/risk,

after touching a patient, and

after touching patient surroundings.