McKesson Infection Prevention

QUALITY COLLABORATIVE – HAND HYGIENE: WHAT CMA SURVEYORS ARE LOOKING FOR: Worksheet used by CMS surveyors to assess infection control practices during ASC surveys.

GUIDELINE FOR HAND HYGIENE IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS
Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force.

MEASURING HAND HYGIENE ADHERANCE: OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES 2009:
This monograph provides a framework to help healthcare workers make necessary decisions about what, when, why, and how they will measure hand hygiene performance.

WHO HAND HYGIENE IN OUTPATIENT CARE, HOME-BASED CARE, AND LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES:
Guidance document developed by WHO covering key issues in the outpatient, home care and long term care facilities including transmission and infection risk, especially hand transmission, in outpatient care settings, hand hygiene practices in these settings, adaptation of the patient zone and the WHO “My five moments for hand hygiene” approach and implementation of improvement strategies at the institutional level.

GUIDELINES ON HAND HYGIENE SUMMARY 2009:
Provides a thorough review of evidence on hand hygiene in healthcare and specific recommendations for improving practices and reducing the transmission of pathogenic microorganisms to patients and HCWs.

IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE FOR HAND HYGIENE 2009:
Guide to Implementation developed to assist healthcare facilities in implementing improvements in hand hygiene in accordance with the WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care 2009.

SUSTAINING IMPROVEMENT AND PROGRAM COMPLIANCE: Provides suggestions of additional activities and tools that a facility might consider implementing to build on achievements, maintain momentum and aid in sustainability of a hand hygiene improvement strategy.

2012 LONG TERM CARE NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY GOALS ACCREDITATION PROGRAM: Long term care accreditation program chapter overview.

2012 HOME CARE NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY GOALS: List of NPSG goals for improving patient safety in home care environment – Home care accreditation program chapter overview.

WHY DOES LOW HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE STILL PLAGUE HEALTHCARE? 4 REASONS: Felix Aguirre, MD, vice president of medical affairs at IPC The Hospitalist Company; Allison Aiello, PhD, MS, associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor and a member of the Tork Green Hygiene Council; and Mark Graban, chief improvement officer of KaiNexus, provide insight into why hand hygiene rates among healthcare workers remain low despite roughly 190 years of knowledge of its effectiveness in stopping the spread of infections.

4 ESSENTIALS OF HAND HYGIENE EDUCATION PROGRAMS: Renee Watson, RNC, BSN, CPHQ, CIC, manager of infection prevention and epidemiology at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta discusses how they increased hand hygiene compliance rates from 40 percent in 2006 to 98.4 percent in 2012. Ms. Watson shares some tips on what a healthcare organization’s hand hygiene education program should include.

20 OHIO HOSPITALS’ HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE RATE NEARLY TRIPLED: Twenty central Ohio hospitals nearly tripled their hand hygiene compliance rate over two years through a quality improvement initiative, according to a report by the Ohio Hospital Association’s Central Ohio Hospital Quality Collaborative.

HOW TO GUIDE: TO IMPROVING HAND HYGIENE: A guide to help organizations reduce healthcare-associated infections, including infections due to antibiotic-resistant organisms, by improving hand hygiene practices and use of gloves among health care workers.

ALCOHOL-BASED HANDRUB PLANNING AND COSTING TOOL: Guidance to help healthcare facilities senior managers conceptualize the necessary steps for implementation and assists in making decisions in relation to infrastructural and economic information.

HAND HYGIENE MONITORING TOOL: Checklist to monitor hand hygiene by staff in a healthcare facility.

HAND HYGIENE OBSERVATION TOOL: Tool for observing and recording hand hygiene actions in a facility.

HAND HYGIENE MONITORING TOOL: Example of a Hand Hygiene Monitoring Tool which can be modified as appropriate, according to facility requirements, policies, or improvement needs.

HAND HYGIENE SAVES LIVES PATIENT VIDEO (ENGLISH VERSION): Answers the why, when, how, which, and who questions for patients about the importance of hand hygiene in preventing the spread of germs and infections.

HAND HYGIENE SAVES LIVES PATIENT VIDEO (SPANISH VERSION): Answers the why, when, how, which, and who questions for patients about the importance of hand hygiene in preventing the spread of germs and infections.

HAND HYGIENE: HOW WHY AND WHEN BROCHURE: Explains how and when to practice hand hygiene.

CLEAN HANDS, SAVE LIVES POSTER: Available in English and Spanish versions. Size – 29 x 19 inches

HOW TO HAND RUB AND HAND WASH POSTERS: Step-by-step instructions on proper hand washing and use of hand rubs.

YOUR 5 MOMENTS FOR HAND HYGIENE POSTER: Outlines five key moments to practice hand hygiene in patient care settings.

INTERACTIVE TRAINING HAND HYGIENE RESOURCE WEBPAGE: This course presentation and promotional materials review key concepts of hand hygiene and Standard Precautions.

HAND HYGIENE IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS — CORE: Presentation provides an overview of the Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-care Settings published in 2002.

HAND HYGIENE IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS — SUPPLEMENTAL: Presentation provides additional slides that may be used in conjunction with the core slide presentation above.

HAND HYGIENE PODCAST: NEW IMPLEMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT TYPE: Epidemiologist presents the CDC’s approach to hand hygiene in the healthcare setting from multiple angles, including education, training and performance measurement. Run time: 5 minutes

HYGIENE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL VIDEO: Researchers in London estimate that if everyone routinely washed their hands, a million deaths a year could be prevented. From doorknobs to animals to food, harmful germs can live on almost everything.