World Health

Prevention; burden, and deaths. healthcare settings of multiple interventions in the areas of blood safety, injection safety, andIntroduction Patient safety is a critical component needed to improve the quality of healthcare worldwide. Confronted with this impor-tant issue, in 2002 the 55th World Health Assembly adopted a resolution urging countries to pay the closest possible atten-tion to the problem of patient safety and strengthen safety and monitoring systems. The resolution urged the World clinical procedure safety, as well as water, sanitation, and waste management, with the promotion of hand hygiene in healthcare as the cornerstone