The WHO approach to hand hygiene improvement – how your healthcare facility can help

1. Based on the best available international evidence of the new WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care (Advanced Draft) the five part multimodal strategy offers the most comprehensive method for hand hygiene improvement. The WHO Guidelines are a must for any facility interested in changing staff hand hygiene behaviour. The strategy is centred around a system change involving alcohol based handrub at the point of patient care. 5 Parts 5 Steps 5 Moments The WHO approach to hand hygiene improvement – how your healthcare facility can help The Advanced Draft of the first ever WHO Guidelines focusing solely on hand hygiene is now available accompanied by a user-friendly, innovative pack of supporting tools. The full toolkit is available exclusively to any healthcare facility enrolling as a Complementary Test Site (CTS) The Five-Part Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy: The Five Step Implementation Schedule: Emerging from the guidelines is a simple, five-step framework for implementation. This invaluable resource turns the guidelines into a set of actions, which can be implemented in a logical sequence, each step designed to improve reliability in staff hand hygiene compliance and therefore stop the spread of infection. The Guide to Implementation is available exclusively to CTSs on enrolment. The Five Moments for Hand Hygiene: A revolutionary approach to increasing compliance is now available And accessible via the website. The Five Moments for Hand Hygiene Simplifies previously complex indications and act as a robust training and promotional tool. From this point forward, it should be possible to make the indications for hand hygiene universally clear and understandable. To get hold of your copy of the Guidelines, go to http://www.who.int/patientsafety/information_centre/ghhad_download/en/index.html Page 1 of 2

2. To find out how to enrol as a Complementary Test Site (CTS) visit the GPSC website: http://www.who.int/gpsc/country_work/pilot_testing_info/en/index.html "Complementary Test Sites are in a unique position to shape the final version of the WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care. We urge any Facility from any WHO Region - enrol now. Whether you have already begun to focus on hand hygiene or are starting from the beginning, these tools offer significant help. Your feedback really does count." (Professor Didier Pittet, Leader of the First Global Patient Safety Challenge) Enrolment: is easy: • Fill in your electronic submission now via the WHO WAPS webpagewww.who.int/gpsc/country_work/application_form/en/index.html What is the advantage of becoming a CTS? You gain exclusive access to: • the full range of tools required to implement the WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy. • a web-based community platform. You will agree to: • undertake evaluation of a limited set of parameters during the implementation period; • prepare a short written report at the end of the implementation; Results and feedback form a critical part of the global evaluation of the Clean Care is Safer Care initiative and will feed into a final report about the achievements of the first GPSC. Page 2 of 2