Hand Hygiene In Out Patient Care
To respond to the demand from national representatives and stakeholders around the world, the WHO Clean Care is Safer Care team is delighted to launch the new WHO Guide on Hand Hygiene in Outpatient and Home-based Care and Long-term Care Facilities.
Based on evidence from systematic reviews, experts' consensus and peer review, this document was developed thanks to the essential technical input and support of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality of Spain. Critical technical input was also provided by the WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
5 May 2012 - What's YOUR plan?
World Health Organisation call to action for you for next 5 May is to:
Create your action plan based on your facility's results using the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework. WHO have prepared Template Action Plans for you, to facilitate the development of your action plan, whether your Framework results are inadequate/basic, intermediate or advanced/leadership. You can also refer to the more detailed Action Plan included in Part III of the WHO Guide to Implementation.
Share your plan! Sharing is part of global learning. On or around 5 May 2012, share your information on your own web pages focused on hand hygiene activities in support of SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands. WHO will then feature these web links to facilitate dissemination and global learning.
Click HERE to go to the 5 May, 2012 page on the WHO website
Get creative for the 5th May - Carla Bishop from NSW has!
Welcome to Hand Hygiene Australia
The National Hand Hygiene Initiative
Health care associated infections (HCAI) are a major and growing issue in the quality and safety of health care, in both the hospital and community settings. HCAIs require urgent national consideration and action.
HCAIs have been nominated as a priority area by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC). Improved healthcare worker hand hygiene (HH) is the highest priority area to reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections. Reliable indicators of HH compliance are essential, and mechanisms for the wider implementation and monitoring are required.
The purpose of the National Hand Hygiene Initiative (NHHI) is to develop a national approach to improving HH and monitor its effectiveness. This initiative is based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) - World Alliance for Patient Safety campaign – “Clean Care is Safer Care” launched in 2005. On the 5th May 2009 WHO relaunched their campaign as "Save Lives: Clean Your Hands" .
A message from Prof. M. Lindsay Grayson, Director of Hand Hygiene Australia
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