Atención Primaria Editorial: semFYC adapts the WHO recommendations on hand hygiene for Primary Care

The journal Atención Primaria publishes in its last number an editorial with the title: La Sociedad Española de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria adapta las recomendaciones sobre higiene de las manos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud para atención primaria (The Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine adapts the World Health Organization recommendations on hand hygiene for Primary Care).

The editorial is about why and how the semFYC’s Patient Safety Group, which manages this blog, made recommendations on that subject as well as a summary of its contents.

The full text of the Recommendations on hand hygiene for Primary Health Care workers and for Health Services in Spain can be downloaded here (html) and here (pdf)


Palacio J, Aibar C, Marec R. La Sociedad Española de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria adapta las recomendaciones sobre higiene de las manos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud para atención primaria (The Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine recommendations on adapting the hand hygiene of the World Health Organization for Primary Care). Aten Primaria. 2010; 42:401-2.


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English version by Erika Céspedes