Non-acute Care
General Information
Hand Hygiene Australia do not recommend routine hand hygiene compliance auditing as an outcome measure in the non-acute or primary care settings.
HHA recommend the use of other program evaluation tools within the non-acute or primary care sector. These might include: staff hand hygiene knowledge surveys, hand hygiene technique audits, product placement/availability audits, and reports of OLP completion by staff.
Resources
The World Health Organisation has published the Hand Hygiene in Outpatient and Home-based Care and Long-term Care Facilities: A Guide to the Application of the WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy and the “My Five Moments for Hand Hygiene” Approach. This document explains the evidence of how the 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene can be incorporated into the non-acute setting. It also gives detailed examples in non-acute settings of how to audit according to the 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene.
