On 8 May 2026, FV Hospital held a hand hygiene training session led by Dr Le Thi Ai Phuong from the Infectious Diseases Department. The session was attended by doctors, nurses, technicians, nursing assistants, and other healthcare staff involved in patient care.
Dr Le Thi Ai Phuong (Infectious Diseases Department) emphasises that hand hygiene is an essential part of safe healthcare during the training session (Photo: FV)
Dr Ai Phuong opened the session by introducing this year’s World Hand Hygiene Day theme: “Action Saves Lives”. “Hand hygiene is not an option, it is an essential part of safe healthcare,” Dr Ai Phuong emphasised. According to data from the CDC Atlanta, around 2 million healthcare-associated infections occur each year, leading to 90,000 deaths. Good hand hygiene practices can also reduce diarrhoeal diseases by 23% to 40%.
During the training, medical staff reviewed core principles and the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “5 Moments for Hand Hygiene”:
- Before touching a patient.
- Before clean/aseptic procedures.
- After body fluid exposure risk.
- After touching a patient.
- After touching patient surroundings.
FV doctors, nurses, and medical staff practice the correct hand hygiene techniques together (Photo: FV)
The training session became highly interactive as all attendees stood up to practice each hand hygiene step, guided by the Infection Control team.
This hands-on activity helped staff remember the correct techniques more effectively, while reinforcing the importance of hand hygiene in everyday patient care.
The Infection Control team will also bring hand-scanner boxes to each department, allowing staff to continue practicing and checking their hand hygiene effectiveness directly at their workstations.
Thanks to strict adherence to hand hygiene protocols combined with robust infection control activities, FV’s hand hygiene compliance rate consistently remains above 90%. This plays an important role in keeping the hospital’s infection rate at around 0.2%, significantly lower than the average reported in many healthcare facilities.
The hand hygiene training session not only reinforces the knowledge and practical skills of healthcare staff but also helps spread a culture of patient safety throughout the hospital, where every small action can help save lives.
