As both a mom and preschool teacher, I have said “wash your hands” more times than I can imagine. Before my newborn son died in a hospital, I never imagined I needed to say it to a doctor. But if all healthcare personnel always used proper hand hygiene in my son’s care, sepsis may not have been a part of my baby’s hospital stay. The single most important thing healthcare personnel can do to protect their patients is clean their hands. I returned to the preschool classroom without my son. Instead, I brought a new passion for ongoing hand hygiene
