U.K.’s Manchester Hospital Launches “YMCA” Parody Hand Hygiene Video

To sounds of the Village’s People’s “YMCA,” staff members at the University Hospital of South Manchester in the U.K. created an educational video detailing proper hand hygiene and its aim to fight C. diff and MRSA.

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According to a Guardian news report, MRSA infections at the hospital have declined 70 percent since it launched its “Infection Prevention” campaign two years ago.

To view the University Hospital of South Manchester’s video on hand hygiene, click here.

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