Abstract
Recently, the WHO First Global Patient Safety Challenge team launched its newest tool, the Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework, a validated tool to assess hand hygiene promotion and practices in health-care facilities (http://www.who.int/gpsc/country_work/hhsa_framework/en/index.html). Aim of the present study is to access the hand hygiene status-quo of Dutch hospitals.
Highlights
Introduction / objectives Recently, the WHO First Global Patient Safety Challenge team launched its newest tool, the Hand Hygiene SelfAssessment Framework, a validated tool to assess hand hygiene promotion and practices in health-care facilities
a recent study showed that the compliance with the 5 moments
The survey is planned for the beginning of April 2011
Summary
From International Conference on Prevention & Infection Control (ICPIC 2011) Geneva, Switzerland. 29 June – 2 July 2011. From International Conference on Prevention & Infection Control (ICPIC 2011) Geneva, Switzerland. Introduction / objectives Recently, the WHO First Global Patient Safety Challenge team launched its newest tool, the Hand Hygiene SelfAssessment Framework, a validated tool to assess hand hygiene promotion and practices in health-care facilities (http://www.who.int/gpsc/country_work/hhsa_framework/ en/index.html). Aim of the present study is to access the hand hygiene status-quo of Dutch hospitals. A recent study showed that the compliance with the 5 moments of hand hygiene is one of the lowest internationally reported (19%). The results of the self-assessment framework tool should help to better advance future hand hygiene campaigns.
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