The importance of handwashing for human health, especially for people in vulnerable situations such as mothers who have just given birth or wounded soldiers in hospitals, was first identified in the mid-19th century by two pioneers of hand hygiene: the Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis who worked in Vienna, Austria, and Florence Nightingale, the British “founder of modern nursing”.
Umuhimu wa kuosha mikono kwa afya ya binadamu - hasa kwa watu katika hali ya hatari kama vile kina mama ambao wamejifungua au askari waliopata majeraha katika hospitali - uligunduliwa kwanza katikati mwa karne ya 19 na watangulizi wawili wa usafi wa mikono: daktari kutoka Hungary kwa jina Ignaz Semmelweis amabye alifanya kazi Vienna, Australia na Florence Nightingale, Mwiingereza &quot;mwanzilishi wa uuguzi wa kisasa&quot;.