TY - JOUR AU - Martischang, Romain AU - Pires, Daniela AU - Masson-Roy, Sarah AU - Saito, Hiroki AU - Pittet, Didier PY - 2018 DA - 2018/04/13 TI - Promoting and sustaining a historical and global effort to prevent sepsis: the 2018 World Health Organization SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign JO - Critical Care SP - 92 VL - 22 IS - 1 AB - Sepsis is estimated to affect more than 30 million patients with potentially five million deaths every year worldwide. Prevention of sepsis, as well as early recognition, diagnosis and treatment, can’t be overlooked to mitigate this global public health threat. World Health Organization (WHO) promotes hand hygiene in health care through its annual global campaign, SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign on 5 May every year. The 2018 campaign targets sepsis with the overall theme “It’s in your hands; prevent sepsis in health care”. SN - 1364-8535 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-018-2011-3 DO - 10.1186/s13054-018-2011-3 ID - Martischang2018 ER -