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As you renew your hand hygiene improvement approach, this short video can help you quickly share the background and importance of hand hygiene to your staff!
This short video is a great tool that you can use for new employee orientation or in any forum where you are educating on the importance of hand hygiene and the way hospitals are held accountable to hand hygiene and HAI reduction.
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Episode 63: Getting Back to Basics with Hand Hygiene by PSQH: The Podcast
Hand hygiene is the most foundational infection control practice, and one of the most difficult to improve. Recognized as an important indicator of the safety and quality of care delivered in any health care setting1, renewing your focus on improving hand hygiene behavior and making it a priority can help elevate your care across the board. On episode 63 of PSQH: The Podcast, Megan DiGiorgio, senior clinical manager at GOJO Industries, talks about getting back to basics with hand hygiene in healthcare settings.
1. World Health Organization. WHO Guidelines for hand hygiene in health care. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2009
SHEA/IDSA/APIC Practice Recommendation: Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene: 2022 Update
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) just published an update to the 2014 Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections Through Hand Hygiene. The update for 2023 is a collaborative effort by SHEA, The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), the Association for Professionals in Infection Control (APIC), the American Hospital Association and The Joint Commission. The document addresses how facilities can train healthcare workers in proper hand hygiene technique, monitor compliance, engage them in the selection of products to promote skin health, and properly use gloves. It also discusses optimal alcohol-based hand rub placement.
The GOJO Back to Basics Hand Hygiene Toolkit
This collection of educational content and training tools is designed to help you and your staff refresh your knowledge on hand hygiene. The toolkit focuses on how to correctly perform hand hygiene, the importance of choosing the right formulation to help support compliance and healthy skin, and a guidance and regulations library so many of the critical links you rely on are all in one convenient place! From videos and infographics to downloadable posters and peer-reviewed journal publications, this Toolkit has everything you need to help you reenergize your hand hygiene program.
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