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SHOW ME THE EVIDENCE: A conversation with two hand hygiene experts

ABC News contributor and author John Nance recently sat down with two world-renowned experts – Dr. Didier Pittet and Dr. Günter Kampf – to discuss some of the current issues in hand hygiene.

In this interview, Dr. Didier Pittet, Hospital Epidemiologist and Director of the Infection Control Program at the University of Geneva Hospitals, clarifies the updated WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Healthcare and the recommendations for alcohol-based handrub formulations. View transcript of interview.




In this interview,  Dr. Günter Kampf of the German Association for Infection Control and a lecturer at the Ernst Moritz University in Germany discusses the importance of technique when using alcohol-based hand sanitizers. View transcript of interview.

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