Hand Hygiene

Mrs Ivy Gabatan1, Michelle Doidge1, Trish Hurst1, Charles De Ruiter1 1Queensland Health-Royal Brisbane And Women’s Hospital, Herston, Australia   Introduction: The RBWH Hand Hygiene (HH) Program was initially implemented in 2007.Core element of the program is the Lifesavers Program. It...

Mrs Sarah Foster1 1Tasmania Health Service, Newstead, Australia Introduction With an ageing population and resultant increasing demands on healthcare, professionals worldwide have identified hand hygiene as one of the leading strategies to help combat Healthcare Associated Infections. Laboratory staff who...

Mrs Trish Horne1 1Tasmanian Health Service – North West Region, Primary Health Services, Australia Introduction Based on evidence and recommendations from the World Health Organisation and Hand Hygiene Australia (HHA) the following components make up an effective multimodal Hand Hygiene...

Ms Penelope Radalj1, Professor Patricia Dunning2, Professor Eugene Athan3 1Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia, 2Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia, 3Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia Background: Barwon Health (BH) has participated in the National Hand Hygiene Initiative since 2007. This hand hygiene project is...

Miss Siu Mee Janet Li1, Ms Emina Ryan2, Ms Verily Thomas2, Ms Yiwen Pan2, Ms Michelle Callard2, Ms Arene Smuts2, Ms Huixin Liao2, Ms Jennifer Caldwell2, Ms Lydna Ong2, Ms Donna  Schmidt2, Dr Michael Maley1 1Sydney Southwest Pathology Service, Sydney,...

Mr Kieran John1, Professor Mark Armstrong1 1Monash University, Caulfield East, Australia Introduction: There is an understood correlation between poor hand hygiene and hospital acquired infection (HAI) (Al-Tawfiq & Pittet, 2013). Evidence indicates the global cost of HAI is between $35.745B...

Mr Brendon Heley1, Mrs Ann Whitfield1 1Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Australia. Introduction The development and sustainability of a quality Hand Hygiene (HH) program has required leadership and engagement from all staff, including executives, to meet the Western Australian HH benchmark...

Julie Rieck 1, Benjamin Wakeling 1 1 Wollongong Hospital -Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Wollongong, NSW, Australia   Introduction: Precipitating change within a department can be challenging and its success is reliant upon both internal and external factors. One important internal factor within any healthcare facility is staff....

Katherine Pollaers 1, Helen Cadwallader 1, Kerry Birnie 1 1 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Hospital Ave, Nedlands, WA, Australia   INTRODUCTION The results from Hand Hygiene Australia demonstrate medical staff compliance with hand hygiene (HH) is below that of other disciplines. In a tertiary hospital in Western Australia a junior doctor...

Amanda Palmer 1, Rosemary Nixon 1, Kate Ryan 2 1 Skin And Cancer Foundation Inc., Carlton, VIC, Australia 2 Hand Hygiene Australia, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia   Introduction Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of developing occupational contact dermatitis (OCD), primarily involving the hands. It is estimated that between 30-50% of HCWs have OCD, to...