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and visitors – should clean their hands to protect patients and themselves. For visitors, it’s simple but crucial: rub your hands with alcohol-based sanitizer before any contact with the patient and again when leaving the room. These two times are key to prevent carrying germs into or out of the patient’s space. Soap and water are needed only if your hands are visibly dirty. By following this basic routine, the visitors become part of the safety system – and part of the solution. Should hand hygiene [...] the challenge is often about compliance and culture, while in lower-income settings, it is more about access and resources. My plea? Make infection prevention and control (IPC) a core institutional priority – with leadership, investment, and accountability at every level. Because every patient, everywhere, deserves safe care – and infections that can be prevented should never happen. The climate crisis is one of the major global challenges of our time. Is it also influencing the incidence of infection