Who 5 moments of hand hygiene ppt full#

What to use and When When hands are visibly soiled use soap and water to wash If your hands are visibly CLEAN use ABHR Before and after touching a patient Before and after a procedure After touching a patient’s surroundings Before and after glove use

Reduces adverse outcomes and cost associated with HAI’s.

Product Choice HHA is non product specific ABHR more effective than either medicated/non medicated soap Isopropanol alcohol has slightly greater activity against bacteria than ethanol Chlorhexidine has persistent activity HCWs happy to use Hand Hygiene Compliance Compliance = using hand hygiene products appropriately Non compliance = failure to apply hand hygiene products at the appropriate time Is when HH is considered necessary & classified according to one of the 5 Moments Total moments observed=Y Actual moments performed=X X/Y x100%=% rate of HH compliance Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-care Settings.

If hands are visibly clean, use an alcohol-based hand rub for routinely decontaminating hands.

When hands are visibly dirty, contaminated, or soiled, wash with non-antimicrobial or antimicrobial soap and water.

Hand washing or using an alcohol-based hand rub before operations by surgical personnel.

an alcohol-containing preparation designed for application to the hands in order to reduce the number of viable organisms with maximum efficacy and speed Surgical hand hygiene/antisepsis.

Washing hands with water and soap or other detergents containing an antiseptic agent Alcohol-based hand rub.

The application of non-antimicrobial soap and water to the surface of the hands Antiseptic hand wash.

Based on seven (20 second) hand rub episodesper hr ~ Alcohol-based hand rubs reduce time needed for hand hygiene ~ Voss A and Widmer AF, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1997:18 205-208.

Based on seven (60 second) hand washing episodes per hr.

Hand washing with soap and water: 56 minutes.

“Talking Walls” = participation, ownership ,fun & reminders ĪBHR’s are literally the solution Sample products only Pittet Geneva.

Rolled out in one area (zone) at a time, then all hospital.

Who 5 moments of hand hygiene ppt full#

What the Austin did Full culture change program in 3 parts Alcohol Based Hand Rub(ABHR) Moisturiser Alcohol impregnated wipes Aim: Increase HH compliance Reduce HAIs Provide easy access to hand hygiene materials.Low risk of acquiring infection from patients More education Adapted from Pittet D, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2000 21:381-386.Hand washing agents cause irritation and dryness.Lack of soap and paper towels Poor design Poor product.Sinks are inconveniently located or lack of sinks.Understaffing/overcrowding HCW are not bad just busy!.Washing bugs off our hands saves lives.

More recent studies: rates lower when antiseptic hand washing was performed Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-care Settings.Substantial evidence that hand hygiene reduces the incidence of infections.Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis before and after he insisted that students and doctors clean their hands with a chlorine solution between each patientĮvidence of Relationship Between Hand Hygiene and Healthcare-Associated Infections Maternalmortality rates, Firstand SecondObstetrics Clinics, GENERAL HOSPITAL OF VIENNA, 1841-1850 Intervention Semmelweis IP, 1861 clean their hands with a chlorinated lime solution when entering the labour room in particular when moving from the autopsy to the labour room.Students and doctors were required to:.Maternalmortality rates, Firstand SecondObstetrics Clinics, GENERAL HOSPITAL OF VIENNA, 1841-1846 (%) Semmelweis IP, 1861 Hand Hygiene The problem: HAIs / MRSA, ESBLs, VRE etc Majority are preventable Costly to patient Costly to health service Hand Hygiene Hand Hygiene (HH) is generally poorly adhered to across the board by all levels of Health Care Worker’s