© World Health Organization 2016. All rights reserved. *About 1 in 3 SSIs are due to S. aureus, >40% of which is MRSA, making SSI prevention critical to the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) agenda 1 SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands. WHO 2016. www.who.int/gpsc/5may 2 WHO (2011) Report on the Burden of Endemic Health Care-Associated Infection Worldwide WHO:Geneva (includes a range of SSI rates in low/middle/high income countries) #S���S����C��H���S SĤœŜ ʼnĬŭł§ CLEAN YOUR HANDS H� �� � � � �E�� A��T�� �U��I��� � � ��E�� ���R��� 1 Refer to WHO 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene material for further guidance www.who.int/gpsc/5may of health workers do not clean their hands at the right moment 61% Peripheral venous catheter/urinary catheter insertion catheter-associated infection The operating room surgical staff do not clean their hands at the right moment 1 i� 2 Length of stay increases by in SSI cases 3-20 D��� Post-op recovery Post-op wound dressing removal H��� �� ��E�� S���O���S��E S���I���C��E Patient safely discharged Line/urinary catheter removal people undergo surgery every year - twice the number of babies born in the world 313M Patient admitted to hospital or clinic Risk of patient colonization with germs Risk of surgical site infection (SSI) of patients will get an SSI *2 U� �O 31% Risk of Patient leaves recovery area