The use of gloves is standard for these procedures however, hand hygiene is required before donning gloves because gloves alone may not entirely prevent contamination. Examples of the procedures include vascular access insertion, IV-line care/maintenance, or performing respiratory or wound care. The HCW may engage in a clean/aseptic procedure at the bedside. This is to protect the patient against organisms, including the patient's own bacterial flora, from entering his/her body. You should always clean your hands immediately before performing a clean/aseptic procedure.Moment 2: Before a clean/aseptic procedure.Typically, you will see HCWs perform hand hygiene upon entering the patient room. This moment will mainly prevent colonization of the patient with health care-associated microorganisms, resulting from the transfer of organisms from the environment to health care worker (HCW) hands to the patient through unclean hands.Hands can be the source of transmission for those organisms which can include potential pathogens. The reason this is important is because the environment is contaminated with various microorganisms. You should always perform hand hygiene before touching a patient.These moments are evidence-based and logical and, therefore, should be easy to follow. ICT®: What are the key 5 hand hygiene tips, and would you please expand on them?ĭB: Within health care, we promote the 5 Key Moments for Hand Hygiene. We are ready to unite and be the difference! The theme for World Hand Hygiene Day 2022 is “Unite for Safety: clean your hands.” PDI is in a great position to provide support and encouragement on cleaning hands at the right times, the right frequency and with the right products for this endeavor. When an organization or a community makes a concerted effort to promote hand hygiene and infection prevention in general, this will result in improved patient, consumer, and employee safety and reduced overall risk of infection. This is the most basic infection prevention practice that we can do however, it is so often not performed well or not performed at all. The most important practice for prevention of disease transmission is meticulous hand hygiene. As an organization, we are dedicated to leading the fight against preventable infections in health care, food service and our communities.
Hagberg, MT(ASCP), CIC: PDI is highlighting World Hand Hygiene Day to prioritize the importance of hand hygiene to help prevent infection and save lives. Infection Control Today®: Why is PDI highlighting World Hand Hygiene Day?ĭebra A. Hagberg, MT(ASCP), CIC, director of clinical affairs for PDI, about what WHO describes as “a health care ‘quality and safety climate or culture’ that values hand hygiene and infection prevention and control.” To discuss the meaning of the day and what it means for infection preventionists, Infection Control Today® ( ICT®) spoke with Debra A. May 5 is World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) annual World Hand Hygiene Day and its slogan: “Unite for safety: Clean your hands.” On the WHO’s website, it says the campaign objectives are “To recognize that people of all levels should work together to influence the culture/climate through clean hands knowledge and behavior, to meet the common goal of safety and quality in the health care organization.”
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