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So Why All the Fuss About Hand Hygiene?

So Why All the Fuss About Hand Hygiene?. Most common mode of transmission of pathogens is via hands!. Evidence of Relationship Between Hand Hygiene and Healthcare-Associated Infections. Substantial evidence that hand hygiene reduces the incidence of infections Historical study: Semmelweis

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So Why All the Fuss About Hand Hygiene?

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  1. So Why All the Fuss About Hand Hygiene? • Most common mode of transmission of pathogens is via hands!

  2. Evidence of Relationship Between Hand Hygiene and Healthcare-Associated Infections • Substantial evidence that hand hygiene reduces the incidence of infections • Historical study: Semmelweis • More recent studies: rates lower when handwashing was performed

  3. Patients most susceptible to infection • Immunity. • Age. • Physical/psychological well-being. • Underlying disease. • Medical intervention.

  4. How Infection Spreads • Direct transmission: • directly from person-to-person e.g. oral or sexual. • Direct contact, skin to skin • Indirect transmission: • via food or water • via inanimate objects e.g. equipment and surfaces • via the environment e.g. contaminated equipment, soil and dust.

  5. Your5moments for hand hygiene at the point of care* *Adapted from the WHO Alliance for Patient Safety 2006

  6. Specific Indications for Hand Hygiene • Before: • Patient contact or intervention • After: • Contact with a patient • Contact with body fluids or excretions, non-intact skin, wound dressings • Removing gloves • When hands are visibly dirty, contaminated, or soiled, wash with soap and water.

  7. How to prevent the spread of infection

  8. What do we need to wash our hands? Hand wash basin Liquid soap Paper towels Foot operated bin

  9. Hand hygiene Ares of the hand most commonly missed during handwashing Front Back Least frequently missed Less frequently missed Most frequently missed

  10. Campaign product order codes • Lifosan Pure wash lotion 100ml- MRB205 • Trixo-lind moisturising lotion 100 ml-MRB162 • Softalind pure hand rub 75ml- MRB116

  11. For all Infection Control and Immunisation Advice Community Infection Control Team 1 Stancliffe Road Wythenshawe Manchester M22 4PJ Tel: 0161 946 8242 Fax: 0161 946 8244

  12. Specialist Health Protection Nurses • Tony Rogers – M1, M2, M3, M4, M13, M15 & M16 • Beverly Lamb – Dental all areas • Andrea Evans – M12,M14, M18, M19, M21 • Julie Ledger – M20, M22 & M23 • Helen Fabrizio – M8, M9, M11 & M40 • Tel: 0161 946 8242 • Fax: 0161 946 8244

  13. Infection Control Guidelines and Information Leaflet available at:- http://www.manchester.nhs.uk/health/ infection/guidelines.html

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