title: Clean care is safer care: the first global challenge of the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety.
authors.affiliation: Global Patient Safety Challenge, WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety, WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland. didier.pittet@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pittet
authors.forename: Liam
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Donaldson
mesh_terms: D000985:Antisepsis; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D004203:Disinfection; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D018505:Waste Management; D018508:Water Purification; D014944:World Health Organization