Australian infection control professionals have been remarkably successful in implementing hand hygiene programs.This workshop will address theoretical considerations about how to sustain these gains while addressing remaining challenges, and will also provide practical frontline examples.

Welcome

Prof Lindsay Grayson
Director HHA

A focus on hand hygiene auditors

Sustaining a hand hygiene auditor population

Susan Jain
Centre for Healthcare Epidemiology and Staff Services, Prince of Wales Hospital

Training Auditors to provide feedback

Kaye Bellis
Alfred Health, Victoria

Two key lessons from medical ward round audits

Dr Sarah Spaham
DHHS Victoria

Update from HHA

Useful updates for HHCApp

Karen Olsen
HHA

HHA Learning Management System

Kate Ryan
HHA

Promoting hand hygiene in specific groups and settings

Keynote speech - Medical Practitioners

Prof Didier Pittet
University of Geneva Hospitals

Contact dermatitis to hand hygiene agents: is it a problem?

A/Prof Rosemary Nixon
Skin & Cancer Foundation

Prevention and management of contact dermatitis in healthcare workers 

Amanda Palmer
Skin & Cancer Foundation

Hand hygiene in Australian EDs: A work in progress

A/Prof Rhonda Stuart
Medical Director, Infection Prevention & Epidemiology, Monash Health

Hand Hygiene in Haemodialysis Happens Holistically

Carolyn Chenoweth
Quality and ICP Manager, Fresenius Medical Care