A drive, which was started in hospitals boosting people to clean their hands, has assisted halve the number of "superbug" contagions.

Superbugs are microbes that antibiotics can't annihilate, so if individuals get sick, they can't be addressed.

In hospitals, the germs can spread with ease from one patient to the other patient.

During the administration's "Clean Your Hands" operation, the quantity of soap and hand gel being utilized in hospitals increase threefold.

The movement has now ended but it's trusted medical institutions will continue the hand washing practices highlighted.