The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, has recommitted to safer healthcare with the launch of a Hand Hygiene Quality Improvement Dashboard to enhance patient safety.

The innovative monitoring tool, developed by the hospital’s Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Unit, would strengthen compliance monitoring, accountability, feedback, and data-driven improvement across the hospital system.

Speaking at the event to mark the 2026 World Hand Hygiene Day,  in which the Hospital also inaugurated 42 IPC Link Nurses drawn from wards and units, the UNTH Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof. Obinna Onodugo, stated that the Dashboard comprises key components such as hand hygiene observations, application of the WHO Five Moments for Hand Hygiene, monitoring of supplies and infrastructure, training and capacity building, safety culture assessment, as well as information, education, and communication (IEC) materials aimed at promoting sustained behavioral change and improved patient safety.

He expressed delight at the innovation and commended the IPC Unit for the vision, dedication, and hard work invested in developing the dashboard.

Onodugo further assured the team of the management’s commitment to supporting its implementation and expressed interest in “expanding similar monitoring systems to other components of standard precautions and IPC practices within the hospital.”

The World Hygiene Day, with the theme “Action Saves Lives: Clean Hands Save Lives”, became a moment of reflection, recommitment, and strategic action towards strengthening the hospital’s hand hygiene programme and overall IPC system.