Overview
- Health services, which staged World Hand Hygiene Day events Tuesday, rolled out training and audits, handed out pocket alcohol rubs, ran a reels contest on key moments, and recognized Neonatology in Vigo for top 2025 compliance.
- The Vigo health area reported survey results showing 91.8% of staff regularly use alcohol-based rubs and over 96% see hand hygiene as highly effective, with the figures based on self-reported responses from 196 professionals.
- A Coruña’s Chuac stressed that care‑related infections make up about 25% of hospital adverse events in Spain and that roughly half are preventable, and the hospital distributed guides and pocket-size rubs to boost use at the point of care.
- Doctors reinforced WHO’s timing guide known as the Five Moments and the simple rule that soap and water are needed when hands are visibly dirty, while alcohol-based rub is suitable in other clinical situations.
- Experts warned that habits built during pandemics tend to fade over time and said steady training, visible leadership support, and easy access to hand rub can help staff protect patients and families.