Thursday, 06 May 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
Apart from hospital acquired infections, the lack of proper hand hygiene also results in various infections. Noted orthopaedic surgeon and Padma Shri recipient Dr BKS Sanjay said this while speaking at a webinar organised by Sanjay Orthopaedic, Spine and Maternity Centre on the occasion of Hand Hygiene Day on Wednesday.
Dr Sanjay said that lack of running clean water and under washing of hands for less than 30 seconds are problems faced in maintaining hand hygiene in India. Both these problems can be tackled with the commercially available alcohol based hand sanitizer which takes almost 20 seconds to wash the hands. Maintaining hand hygiene is essential for staying safe from Covid-19 and various other infections, he said.
Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Gaurav Sanjay said that investing in hand hygiene yields major returns. Implementation of hand hygiene policies can generate economic savings averaging 16 times the cost of their implementation. He also appealed to society that the habit of hand washing should be inculcated in childhood in homes and in schools.
