Useful Links

 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
http://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/internet/safety/publishing.nsf/Content/home

World Health Organisation – Save Lives: Clean Your Hands
http://www.who.int/gpsc/5may/en/

Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/handhygiene/

University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.hopisafe.ch/
 
Hand Hygiene Resource Centre – Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut
http://www.handhygiene.org/

Healthcare Infection Control Special Interest Group
http://www.asid.net.au/hicsigwiki/index.php?title=Hand_hygiene

Clean Hands Saves Lives - Clinical Excellance Commission  New South Wales
http://www.cec.health.nsw.gov.au/programs/hand-hygiene

South Australia ‘Wash wipe cover’
http://www.health.sa.gov.au/INFECTIONCONTROL/Default.aspx?tabid=175

Queensland ‘Clean Hands are Lifesavers’
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/chrisp/hand_hygiene/about.asp

Royal Children’s Hospital Victoria ‘Wash-up’
http://www.rch.org.au/washup/

Victorian Quality Council Safety and Quality in Health
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/qualitycouncil/activities/handhyg_gen.htm

  
 

European National Campaigns
 Country
 Campaign Web Adress
Belgium www.hicplatform.be
Finland  www.sshy.fi/
France www.sante-sports.gouv.fr/dossiers/sante/mission-mains-propres/mission-mains-propres.html
Germany www.aktion-sauberehaende.de 
Italy www.ccm-network.it/node/85
The Netherlands

www.handhygieneredtlevens.nl
www.gewoonhandenschoon.nl
Norway www.renomsorg.no
Portugal www.dgs.pt (click on ‘Microsite do Controlo da Infecção’)
Spain

www.seguretatpacient.org/cms/index.php?id=95&L=2
www.seguridaddelpaciente.es
www.juntadeandalucia.es/agenciadecalidadsanitaria/observatorioseguridadpaciente/gestor/
sites/PortalObservatorio/es/menu/
United Kingdom  England and Wales
Northern Ireland
Scotland