International Clean Hands Week is Sept. 20-26, 2009
The Clean Hands Coalition (CHC) reminds healthcare professionals that International Clean Hands Week is Sept. 20-26, 2009. The Clean Hands Coalition is a unified alliance of public and private partners working together to create and support coordinated, sustained initiatives to significantly improve health and save lives through hand hygiene. The CHC is facilitated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) For more information and ideas on how to celebrate this week by raising hand hygiene awareness, CLICK HERE.
To access the CDC's hand hygiene guideline, CLICK HERE.
To access the World Health Organization's hand hygiene guidelines, CLICK HERE.
The 90’s Club: A Successful Hand Hygiene Adherence Campaign
July 9th 2024The "90’s SwipeSense Club" significantly improved hand hygiene adherence at Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center. By incentivizing adherence through 1990s-themed rewards and using SwipeSense technology to track hygiene practices, the hospital increased adherence rates from 53% in 2021 to 84% by May 2024.
Hand Hygiene Adherence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Safety Is Universal
July 1st 2024Hebah al Zamel, MSN, CIC, CPHQ, an infection preventionist in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and a member of ICT's Editorial Advisory Board, describes how hand hygiene is handled in Prince Sultan Cardiac Center in Qasim.
How Emerging Technologies Increase Hand Hygiene Adherence and Reduce Infections
June 24th 2024Health care-associated infections (HAIs) affect over 680,000 patients annually in the U.S. Unlike manual methods, automated hand hygiene monitoring can significantly improve compliance and reduce HAIs.
