Save lives – clean your hands!

World Hand Hygiene Day

Find the tips and tools you need to create safer patient care environments. 
Two healthcare workers in blue scrubs washing and drying their hands at a sink in a clinical washroom, with wall-mounted soap and paper towel dispensers behind.

5 May is World Hand Hygiene Day

Tork is a proud participant of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) initiative Private Organizations for Patient Safety (POPS) and promotes their initiative, World Hand Hygiene Day.


Achieve better hand hygiene practices with an improvement strategy

The World Health Organization has identified five key elements to focus on when improving infection prevention and control in a healthcare facility. All five areas should be considered in order for you to be successful and result in behavioural change.
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Tork Clean Hands Training

Create hand-hygiene role models with the free, award-winning training from Tork built alongside behavioural scientists and experts. Available online and in VR. 
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Create hand ​hygiene posters

Choose from our templates and available designs to create a poster with a suitable hand hygiene message for your facility or unit.
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My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene

The WHO’s My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene approach defines the key moments when healthcare staff should perform hand hygiene. ​

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Hand washing procedure

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Hand rub procedure

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Hand hygiene self-assessment

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Tork Interactive Clean Hospitals Training

Check out our other award-winning training dedicated to educating staff in hospital cleaning.
Person in a clinical environment applying hand sanitiser to hands, with a wall-mounted dispenser visible behind.

Skincare made for critical, fast-paced environments

Tork hand sanitisers sanitise hands quickly without water. They are gentle and effective, designed to minimise the spread of germs.