How Would Hand Hygiene Save Lives!

[Ahmed Elgameel]

Hi again. Today I have an important video for you. did you ever realized how much would washing your hands will help saving lives of patients?

Hand hygiene is one of the most important fundamentals in nursing care practice. It helps in preventing of spreading of Microorganisms and maintain pt. safety. Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Providing Settings provides healthcare workers and patients with a variety of resources including guidelines for providers, patient empowerment materials, the latest technological advances in hand hygiene adherence measurement, frequently asked questions, and links to promotional and educational tools published by the WHO, universities, and health departments.

Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Providing Settings provides healthcare workers and patients with a variety of resources including guidelines for providers, patient empowerment materials, the latest technological advances in hand hygiene adherence measurement, frequently asked questions, and links to promotional and educational tools published by the WHO, universities, and health departments.

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" .

References:

http://www.hha.org.au/

http://www.cdc.gov/handhygiene/

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Thomas Jefferson University hand hygiene campaign Wash'em is more fun:

[Ahmed Elgameel]

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[Ahmed Elgameel]

Apr 3 by NRSKarenRN Admin

Thomas Jefferson University hand hygiene campaign Wash'em is more fun

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[anon456, BSN, RN]

I found it interesting that in the latest audit on my unit, we had a 100% handwashing compliance rate with the RNs and CNAs but only about 60% of MDs were observed washing their hands (and handwashing includes using the very convenient hand sanitizer dispensers that are near every door in every room).