Abstract

In 2008, the Australian Commission on Quality and Safety in Health Care (ACSQHC) engaged Hand Hygiene Australia (HHA) to implement the National Hand Hygiene Initiative (NHHI), a national approach to hand hygiene (HH) culture change adapted from the WHO Multimodal HH Improvement Strategy.

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  • In 2008, the Australian Commission on Quality and Safety in Health Care (ACSQHC) engaged Hand Hygiene Australia (HHA) to implement the National Hand Hygiene Initiative (NHHI), a national approach to hand hygiene (HH) culture change adapted from the WHO Multimodal HH Improvement Strategy

  • The HHA e-learning modules have been completed more than 800,000 times

  • HH compliance increased from 61.8% (95% confidence interval, 61.5–62.0) to 81.9%

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Summary

Introduction

In 2008, the Australian Commission on Quality and Safety in Health Care (ACSQHC) engaged Hand Hygiene Australia (HHA) to implement the National Hand Hygiene Initiative (NHHI), a national approach to hand hygiene (HH) culture change adapted from the WHO Multimodal HH Improvement Strategy

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