hand washing
Doha: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) carried out an expanded awareness campaign in May, as part of the events marking World Hand Hygiene Day, in cooperation with Hamad Medical Corporation and Primary Health Care Corporation, as well as private health sector.
Multiple health workers, health facilities managers, CEOs and policy makers participated in the campaign.
It covered the entire healthcare facilities and a number of schools with the aim of promoting, enhancing and highlighting the importance of hand washing practices in health facilities and operationalise the effective measures of hand hygiene in various places that offer health care.
The awareness campaign, implemented by the Department of Strategic Planning and Performance at the Ministry of Public Health received significant interaction from all health institutions in Qatar.
The campaign included awareness activities on World Hand Hygiene Day marked on May 5. The event featured the display and dissemination of a plethora of educational publications on the importance of hand washing, infection prevention and control, as well as presenting indicative presentations in patients waiting areas, auditors, and display screens areas.
The campaign also included the presentation of educational plays about healthy habits and the importance of hand washing, in addition to the participation of the audience in a practical application on how to wash hands.
A team from the Public Health Department of the Ministry of Public Health participated in the campaign by implementing awareness activities directed mainly at a group of major companies in Qatar. They included field visits and physical and virtual awareness activities, which were presented in a number of foreign languages, in an effort to simplify information and educate the worker category.
The infection control team concluded the hand hygiene campaign by organising a ceremony at Al Waab Health Centre, during which the efforts of health workers, including nurses, doctors, decision makers and others, were reviewed, and a number of participants in the campaign were honoured.
