Abstract
The availability of alcohol-based handrub (ABHR) and its component parts to enable reliable use in health care are variable around the globe. Three initiatives from the World Health Organisation (WHO) have addressed this inequity. The WHO guidelines on hand hygiene (2009) promote the use of ABHR as an easy and effective way to ensure clean safe hands at the point of care. WHO Private Organisations for Patient Safety (POPS) harnesses industry strengths to align and improve implementation of WHO recommendations, to hand hygiene in the first instance. WHO African Partnerships for Patient Safety (APPS) focuses on supporting safer healthcare delivery in hospitals with hand hygiene as a linchpin for safe quality care. In 2013, a one-off project was launched through POPS to provide empty bottles to APPS hospitals so that operational barriers to implementation of locally produced ABHR could be addressed.
Highlights
The availability of alcohol-based handrub (ABHR) and its component parts to enable reliable use in health care are variable around the globe.Three initiatives from the World Health Organisation (WHO) have addressed this inequity
In 2013, a one-off project was launched through Private Organisations for Patient Safety (POPS) to provide empty bottles to African Partnerships for Patient Safety (APPS) hospitals so that operational barriers to implementation of locally produced ABHR could be addressed
A tripartite approach was employed involving an open call to POPS companies, a targeted call to APPS hospitals that had previously completed a WHO training program on local production of ABHR, and brokering of the interaction between POPS and APPS via the WHO APPS team
Summary
The availability of alcohol-based handrub (ABHR) and its component parts to enable reliable use in health care are variable around the globe. Three initiatives from the World Health Organisation (WHO) have addressed this inequity. The WHO guidelines on hand hygiene (2009) promote the use of ABHR as an easy and effective way to ensure clean safe hands at the point of care. WHO Private Organisations for Patient Safety (POPS) harnesses industry strengths to align and improve implementation of WHO recommendations, to hand hygiene in the first instance. WHO African Partnerships for Patient Safety (APPS) focuses on supporting safer healthcare delivery in hospitals with hand hygiene as a linchpin for safe quality care. In 2013, a one-off project was launched through POPS to provide empty bottles to APPS hospitals so that operational barriers to implementation of locally produced ABHR could be addressed
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