![Howard Farran on Twitter: "History of hand washing prior to surgery. Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian doctor working in Vienna General Hospital, is known as the father of hand hygiene. https://t.co/sWosuDZRSl https://t.co/iRnkrxrK3B" / Howard Farran on Twitter: "History of hand washing prior to surgery. Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian doctor working in Vienna General Hospital, is known as the father of hand hygiene. https://t.co/sWosuDZRSl https://t.co/iRnkrxrK3B" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EMAIVQXVAAAV7K9.jpg)
Howard Farran on Twitter: "History of hand washing prior to surgery. Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian doctor working in Vienna General Hospital, is known as the father of hand hygiene. https://t.co/sWosuDZRSl https://t.co/iRnkrxrK3B" /
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![Hasan Jawaid Khan on Twitter: "2 centuries ago, medical fraternity in Europe was unaware of the importance of hand washing, costing precious lives. Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis, a young Hungarian physician, exposed the Hasan Jawaid Khan on Twitter: "2 centuries ago, medical fraternity in Europe was unaware of the importance of hand washing, costing precious lives. Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis, a young Hungarian physician, exposed the](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eb1-_bkUcAAmCga.jpg:large)
Hasan Jawaid Khan on Twitter: "2 centuries ago, medical fraternity in Europe was unaware of the importance of hand washing, costing precious lives. Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis, a young Hungarian physician, exposed the
![TIL that Ignaz Semmelweis, an Hungarian doctor, is consider the father of hand hygiene. His discoveries around medical hygiene is less than 200 years old. : r/todayilearned TIL that Ignaz Semmelweis, an Hungarian doctor, is consider the father of hand hygiene. His discoveries around medical hygiene is less than 200 years old. : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/PkHb6bAz24BzJHxi9be6E0Bmiygyj_ZNlId-8qsdLrA.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=7405152c348c07f0e090495b34134613fa3cdecf)
TIL that Ignaz Semmelweis, an Hungarian doctor, is consider the father of hand hygiene. His discoveries around medical hygiene is less than 200 years old. : r/todayilearned
![Ignaz Semmelweis, "father of infection control," pioneered hand-washing but died before many took his advice - The Washington Post Ignaz Semmelweis, "father of infection control," pioneered hand-washing but died before many took his advice - The Washington Post](https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DB4CAEP2SFCOZPMNXSSMJE3TZI.jpg)