Abstract
Hand Hygiene New Zealand (HHNZ) is a nationalquality improvement programme funded since June 2011 by the Health Quality and Safety Commission (HQ & SC). The goal ofHHNZ is to use the World Health Organization (WHO) 5 Moments model to improve hand hygiene compliance nationally. During its first year, HHNZ has benefitted enormously from support provided by the Hand Hygiene Australia (HHA) programme. Benefits have included auditor training sessions in NZ led by HHA auditors, use of the HHA Smartphone auditing application and the HHAcomputerised data management system.
Highlights
Hand Hygiene New Zealand (HHNZ) is a nationalquality improvement programme funded since June 2011 by the Health Quality and Safety Commission (HQ & SC)
HHNZ has benefitted enormously from support provided by the Hand Hygiene Australia (HHA) programme
Benefits have included auditor training sessions in NZ led by HHA auditors, use of the HHA Smartphone auditing application and the HHAcomputerised data management system
Summary
P112: Hand hygiene practice in new zealand hospitals one year into the hand hygiene New Zealand programme. JT Freeman*, Christine Sieczkowski, Louise Dawson, Hayley Callard, Andrew Keenan, Sally Roberts. From 2nd International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC 2013) Geneva, Switzerland. From 2nd International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC 2013) Geneva, Switzerland. 25-28 June 2013
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