5 Moments For Hand Hygiene

         The My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene approach defines the key moments when health-care workers should perform hand hygiene. This approach recommends health-care workers to clean their hands:

1. before touching a patient
2. before clean/aseptic procedures,
3. after body fluid exposure/risk,
4. after touching a patient, and
5. after touching patient surroundings.