Hand Hygiene

Christine Sharp 1, Kaye Belliss 1, Gillian Land 1, Pauline Bass 1 1 Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia   Hand hygiene (HH) programs must encompass and engage all clinical departments and disciplines. Our intensive care unit (ICU) employs over 600 staff providing care for patients including heart/lung /bone marrow transplants, burns, trauma....

Kaye Belliss 1, Gillian Land 1, Pauline Bass 1 1 Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia   Background: Hand Hygiene (HH) is an essential key strategy in the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections. Good HH practice protects the workforce and consumers. The capacity to engage staff and promote HH compliance...

Jennifer Bradford 1, Andrew Stewardson 1, Lindsay Grayson 1 1 Hand Hygiene Australia, 145 Studley Rd Heidelberg, VIC, Australia   Introduction: This project was initiated to optimise efficiency of hand hygiene (HH) audits, improve access to education resources, and review implementation of the National Hand Hygiene Initiative (NHHI) in...

Rajneesh Kaur 1, Husna Razee 1, Holly Seale 1 1 Unsw Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia   Introduction: Poor hand hygiene (HH) practices amongst medical students have previously been attributed to students not being exposed to sufficient teaching materials during their training. This study aimed to develop and pilot test...

Louise Hobbs 1, Sharon McIlduff 1 1 The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia   Introduction The Hand Hygiene Australia (HHA) initiative has observed a national increase in hand hygiene compliance. One indicator that has not been monitored and reported is that of occupational contact dermatitis (OCD) cases...

Elizabeth De Nardo 1, Christine Claighen 1, Christopher Beausoleil 1, Terri Eastman 1 1 Gojo Australasia, Macquarie Park, NSW, Australia   Background: Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MRO) are often passed from person to person by the hands of caregivers. Cleaning hands with soap and water or use alcohol-based hand rubs (ABHR) are the main...

Carolyn Chenoweth 1,2, Wendy Khor 2, Dianna Kenrick 2 1 Fresenius Medical Care, Australia & New Zealand, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2 Fresenius Medical Care, Hong Kong,   Introduction Haemodialysis patients are vulnerable to acquiring healthcare associated infections. This is due to their chronic disease, frequent exposure to healthcare facilities and receiving...

Stacey Fitzgerald 1, Ann Whitfield 1 1 Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, WA, Australia   Introduction In 2015 a greenfield hospital opened with high expectations of being innovative, developing a new culture and delivering patient and staff safety. Infection Prevention (IP) and Hand Hygiene (HH) were at the forefront....

Debra Lee 1, Karen Beaumont 1, Thi Aung 1, Craig Margetts 1, Joel Dulhunty 1,2,3 1 Redclife Hospital MNHHS, Redcliffe, QLD, Australia 2 The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia 3 Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland   Introduction: Medical officer (MO) hand hygiene (HH) compliance has historically been below the national threshold of 70% and 17-18 percentage points lower...

Rajneesh Kaur 1, Husna Razee 1, Holly Seale 1 1 UNSW Australia, Sydney, NSW   Introduction: Despite the well-recognised importance of education and training in improving hand hygiene (HH) compliance of medical students it is an increasingly neglected part of medical education. To date, there have been very...