Are Your Hands Clean?
Thank you for visiting our site and becoming more informed about hand hygiene, one of the simplest things you can do to save a life.
Infection Prevention Recommendations for Outpatient Settings
Do the WAVE
The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Partnership for Patients have developed a new campaign to encourage family caregivers to “Do the WAVE” to help prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The key components of the strategy are to embed HH as an integral part of the culture in the healthcare facility and continue to evaluate and improve the reliability of hand hygiene.
WHO Posters and Guidelines
• 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene (version 1)
• 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene (version 2)
• WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Healthcare
Developing a Peer-Enforced Hand Hygiene Culture, Infrastructure and Practices
The goal of the project is to provide tools to make it relatively simple for healthcare providers to develop a peer-enforced hand hygiene (HH) culture, infrastructure and practices. This includes creating a culture where reminding each other about HH and use of gloves is encouraged and makes compliance the social norm. The key components of the strategy are to embed HH as an integral part of the culture in the healthcare facility and continue to evaluate and improve the reliability of hand hygiene.
Hand Hygiene Observation Training
Improving the Culture of Hand Hygiene Webinar
Visit the following Web sites for more information:
Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
Partnering to Heal — Partnering to Heal is a computer-based, video-simulation training program on infection control practices for clinicians, health professional students, and patient advocates. The training highlights effective communication about infection control practices and ideas for creating a “culture of safety” in healthcare institutions to keep patients from getting sicker.
