The IP Monthly Minute
July 2019: Your Hand Hygiene News
Does The Joint Commission (TJC) expect 100% hand hygiene compliance in healthcare facilities? What did TJC mean when they said they would cite an individual failure to perform hand hygiene in the process of direct patient care? In this special interview, Sylvia Garcia-Houchins sets the record straight on what TJC is really asking of healthcare facilities.
View the Full 1 Hour presentation by Sylvia Garcia-Houchins here and Receive 1.0 C.E. Credit
If you were unable to attend the 2019 GOJO Symposium during the APIC Annual Conference in Philadelphia, you missed a lot! You can catch up by watching the recorded presentation of Sylvia Garcia-Houchins, Director of Infection Prevention and Control at The Joint Commission (TJC) as she unravels the mystery of TJC survey and the expectations around hand hygiene.
State of the science review: Current issues in hand hygiene
Despite the great strides healthcare facilities have made improving hand hygiene, compliance rates remain sub-optimally low and unanswered questions remain. John Boyce provides a state of the science review covering a wide range of topics including technique, dry times, hand size and monitoring.
Hand hygiene compliance in the ICU: A systematic review
The number of hand hygiene opportunities in intensive care units (ICUs) is unparalleled. This systematic review identified studies of hand hygiene in ICUs according to the World Health Organization guidelines and derived an estimate of mean hand hygiene compliance.
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