Healthcare facilities are held accountable to the regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, and guidelines from many external organizations. Learn about how to balance these competing demands and advance your hand hygiene program with the 2021 GOJO Symposium, “The Path Forward: Navigating the New World of Hand Hygiene Requirements.”
The Joint Commission’s Sylvia Garcia-Houchins and The Leapfrog Group’s Matt Austin will discuss the critical role that transparency plays in leveraging additional resources for your hand hygiene program.
Featured Education
Focus on Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance to Protect Patients and Health Care Workers | The Joint Commission
During direct observation for had hygiene compliance, healthcare workers have the responsibility to speak up when they see a coworker forget to perform hand hygiene, not as a punitive measure, but to protect themselves and the patient.
Hand Hygiene, An Update
Dr. John Boyce reviews the innovations in automated monitoring systems and direct observation and their impact on rates of hand hygiene compliance.
Hand Hygiene Compliance Rate During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In order to address and improve low compliance rates of hand hygiene, institutions have implemented automated monitoring and have tracked the changes in compliance during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Additional Resources
GOJO Healthcare Hand Hygiene Education
GOJO offers educational materials for healthcare workers to support and build awareness around the importance of proper hand hygiene, technique, and formula selection.
PURELL SMARTLINK™ Electronic Monitoring Solutions for Healthcare
PURELL SMARTLINK™ Technology combines innovation with the most trusted brand in healthcare to provide comprehensive solutions for electronic compliance monitoring, clinician-based support, and dispenser health. Minimize risk and increase patient safety all while sending the signal that you care.
The PURELL SOLUTION™ for Healthcare
After over 25 years of innovation, the brand that invented hand sanitizer has created the PURELL SOLUTION™ by combining hand sanitizers, soaps and surface disinfectants, that work alongside PROVON® products to create a holistic portfolio that fights germs that may cause illness and keep skin healthy, while showcasing your commitment to patient safety and high quality care.
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