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CHERAS, 8 May 2024 – The Opening Ceremony of the World Hand Hygiene Day Celebration at Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz 2024 organized by the Infection Control Unit and Nursing Services Department was completed by YBhg. Prof. Dato’ Dr. Razman Jarmin, Director of HCTM at the Auditorium, Chancellor Tuanku Ja’afar Medical Education Complex , HCTM today.

On May 5 every year, the World Health Organization (WHO) runs the SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign in conjunction with World Hand Hygiene Day which aims to raise awareness of the importance of hand hygiene among health workers and the general public. Adherence to hand hygiene practices among health workers is a key step that has proven to be effective in the prevention of health care-related infections and antimicrobial resistance.

“This celebration can indirectly strengthen the practice and effectiveness of the five (5) moments of hand hygiene and HCTM’s infection control program and make the leaders as role models in the hospital’s Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) program.”

“Activities like this can improve the image and quality of services, in line with HCTM’s success in obtaining MSQH and MS ISO 9001: 2015 certification awards. HCTM can be an example and follow for other health institutions under UKM to work together and be competitive to empower and pioneering healthcare in the Cheras Community and Malaysia in general.” he said while speaking at the opening ceremony this morning.

The presentation of the “HCTM Hand Hygiene Excellence 2023” Award and the presentation of ‘Hand Hygiene’ by Kumpulan Silat and TASKA HCTM were also included in this event. In addition, this program also features guest speakers from Al-Sultan Abdullah Hospital, UITM and the University of Malaya Medical Center. Also present at this event was Dr. Sharifah Azura Salleh, Head of HCTM’s Infection Control Unit and Program Chairperson, Mrs. Wan Omi Wan Yussop, Head of Finance Department, Mrs. Masrifah Zakaria, Head of HCTM’s Nursing Services Department and HCTM residents.

The Celebration of Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2024/1445H UKM Kuala Lumpur Campus (Cheras Zone) was celebrated on 23 April 2023 at the Chancellor Tuanku Ja’afar Medical Education Complex, Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz with the presence of over 3,000 people from UKM Kuala Lumpur Campus (Cheras Zone) . This event is the result of collaboration between the Kuala Lumpur Campus (Cheras Zone), UKM Faculty of Medicine, Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz (HCTM), Tunku Ampuan Besar Tuanku Aishah Rohani Hospital, Children’s Specialist Hospital (HPKK), Medical Molecular Biology Institute (UMBI) and College Tun Dr. Ismail (KTDI).

YBhg. Prof. Dato’ Dr. Razman Jarmin, HCTM Director and Chairman of the Committee of the 2024 Hari Raya Aidilfitri Celebration Ceremony representing Dr. Hanafiah Harunarashid, Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Kuala Lumpur Campus said, the main purpose of this event is to foster fraternity, increase the sense of gratitude and strengthen the friendly relationship between the staff of the Kuala Lumpur Campus. The ceremony which started at 2:30 pm was enlivened with a performance from the Karyara Band Group, HCTM TASKA Children and KKL employees. A variety of interesting dishes that are synonymous with Syawal celebrations are served such as lemang and rendang, impit rice and peanut sauce, satay, beriani rice set, Arabic bread and goat stew, chicken golek, various pastries and noodles.

In addition, there was also a presentation of ‘duit raya’ to children from TASKA HCTM and prizes for the winners of the Aidilfitri Eid Program, namely the Short Raya Video Competition, the Creative Raya Card Creation Competition and the Terjah Raya Program (Office Decorations) 2024.

This ceremony was also attended by YBhg. Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Mohamad Abd. Razak, Chairman of UKM’s Board of Directors and YBhg. Prof. Dato’ Mr. Ts. Dr. Mohd Ekhwan Hj. Toriman, Vice Chancellor UKM, and UKM top management members. Present together, Deans and Directors, Deputy Deans and Directors, Strategic Partners, Media Practitioners, Invited Guests, Department Heads and UKM staffs.