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  1. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/NOTICEProcessChecklist.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Connection Technique Hand Hygiene CI 1 Yes ☐ No ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ … Antiseptic Aseptic Disconnection Technique Hand Hygiene CT 1 Yes ☐ No ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Yes … of Prepared Cannulation Sites During Needle Insertion Hand Hygiene AV I 1 Yes ☐ No ☐ … Hygiene Clean Gloves Before Disconnect Bloodlines Aseptically Hand Hygiene Clean Gloves … Hygiene Observation Number Date* Shift* Used Hand Hygiene WHO Moment Observation Number Date
  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33565/psn-pdf
    September 01, 2024 - Prevention of HAIs A cornerstone of HAI prevention is appropriate hand hygiene. … for decades, until recently hand hygiene rates among all clinicians were low. … monitoring of hand hygiene, feedback on hand hygiene practice in a facility, and sociocultural approaches … have resulted in improved hand hygiene at many hospitals and other healthcare facilities. … What's more, strong evidence links higher hand hygiene rates to lower overall HAI rates.
  3. psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-participation-current-knowledge-and-applicability-patient-safety
    February 01, 2011 - August 5, 2020 'My five moments for hand hygiene': a user-centred design approach to … understand, train, monitor and report hand hygiene. … January 5, 2012 Implementation of hand hygiene in health-care facilities: results from … the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework global survey 2019. … hygiene.
  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39278/psn-pdf
    March 05, 2010 - hygiene. … group participants were significantly more likely to ask their nurses and physicians to wash their hands … after viewing a Hand Hygiene Saves Lives video. … ask-or-not-ask-results-formative-assessment-video-empowering-patients-ask-their-health-care https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hand-hygiene-among-physicians-performance-beliefs-and-perceptions … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hand-hygiene-healthcare-settings
  5. www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/education-bundles.html
    February 01, 2019 - Hand Hygiene Hand hygiene is one of the most effective skills staff can perform to prevent infections … , including the products, procedures, and strategies to implement and sustain hand hygiene programs. … Supplemental materials include hand hygiene activities to perform with staff, and a quiz and answer key … The skills activity guide has several scenarios that involve observing for proper hand hygiene before … The hand hygiene bundle has more information.
  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867019/psn-pdf
    October 23, 2024 - The latest report examines hand-hygiene efforts since 2020 and tracks advancements realized using tactics … reports-hospital-and-asc-performance https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/leapfrog-hospital-survey https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hand-hygiene-healthcare-settings … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quantification-hawthorne-effect-hand-hygiene-compliance-monitoring-using-electronic
  7. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/procchecklist1b-cvc-exit-site-care.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Central Venous Catheter (CVC) Exit Site Care Procedural Checklist #1b ☐ Handhygiene ☐ Assemble supplies for patient at dialysis chair (no common tray/cart at station) ☐ … clean gloves, gown, mask, and eye protection; remove old dressing and discard; remove gloves ☐ Handhygiene ☐ Don clean gloves and cleanse area around CVC exit site with chlorhexidine unless there … hygiene Central Venous Catheter Exit Site Care Procedural Checklist 1b Check Box1: Off Check
  8. psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections
    December 15, 2024 - Prevention of HAIs A cornerstone of HAI prevention is appropriate hand hygiene . … for decades, until recently hand hygiene rates among all clinicians were low. … monitoring of hand hygiene, feedback on hand hygiene practice in a facility, and sociocultural approaches … What's more, strong  evidence  links higher hand hygiene rates to lower overall HAI rates. … July 10, 2024 World Hand Hygiene Day.
  9. www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/prevention-skills.html
    March 01, 2017 - Hand Hygiene Educational module and resources that highlight basic hand hygiene principles and best … reinforce with frontline staff, including the products, procedures, and strategies to implement and sustain handhygiene programs. … 827 KB) Tool to engage all facility staff to practice all infection prevention skills by performing handhygiene, practicing standard precautions, keeping the facility's environment and equipment clean, and
  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42884/psn-pdf
    February 06, 2014 - hygiene guidelines. … hygiene guidelines. … study used direct observation and immediate feedback to explain why clinicians did not wash their hands … application-theoretical-framework-behavior-change-hospital-workers-real-time-explanations https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hand-hygiene-among-physicians-performance-beliefs-and-perceptions … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hand-hygiene-among-physicians-performance-beliefs-and-perceptions
  11. psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mental-models-basic-concept-human-factors-design-infection-prevention
    April 26, 2017 - December 27, 2018 Hand hygiene and healthcare system change within multi-modal promotion … April 24, 2013 'My five moments for hand hygiene': a user-centred design approach to … understand, train, monitor and report hand hygiene. … April 10, 2019 'My five moments for hand hygiene': a user-centred design approach to … understand, train, monitor and report hand hygiene.
  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46953/psn-pdf
    September 12, 2018 - the perceptions of patients and healthcare professionals towards patient involvement in promoting handhygiene compliance in the hospital setting. … hygiene compliance in the hospital setting. … This review of studies of patient engagement in hand hygiene programs found some evidence that patients … are willing to raise concerns regarding hand hygiene, especially with nurses, but also identified factors
  13. www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/infection-prevention/precautions/ppe-activity.html
    March 01, 2017 - hygiene products (sink with soap/water and hand sanitizer) Prizes Directions Ask for a volunteer … (Remember the volunteer should always start with proper hand hygiene.) … during resident care by placing a small amount of the simulated germ product on the volunteer’s gloved hands … PPE removal to make sure it is done in the proper order and that he/she does not contaminate his/her handshygiene.
  14. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/procchecklist3b-access-av-fistula-term-dialysis.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Fistula or Graft for Termination of Dialysis and Post-Dialysis Access Care Procedural Checklist #3b ☐ Handhygiene ☐ Assemble supplies; don gloves, gown, and impermeable mask/eye protection or face shield … ☐ Reinfuse extracorporeal circuit; disconnect bloodlines aseptically; remove gloves ☐ Hand hygiene … container at point of use; remove gloves Note: Hold needle sites with clean gauze using clean gloved handshygiene Note: This checklist is not intended for observation of buttonhole cannulation technique.
  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49433/psn-pdf
    June 23, 2021 - infection.(8) The CDC's hand hygiene guidelines emphasize the critical importance of hand hygiene in … colonization with pathogenic bacteria after hand disinfection compared with unadorned hands (13,14), … hygiene on both the individual and organizational level, including lack of accessibility to hand hygiene … Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings. … Impact of ring wearing on hand contamination and comparison of hand hygiene agents in a hospital.
  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45894/psn-pdf
    June 23, 2017 - continue to struggle with hand hygiene compliance. … The authors argue that improving the psychological safety of staff may augment the response to handhygiene initiatives. … psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-hospital-wide-hand-hygiene-initiative-healthcare-associated-infections-results … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hand-hygiene-among-physicians-performance-beliefs-and-perceptions
  17. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/procchecklist1c-access-av-fistula.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Access of Arterial Venous Fistula or Graft for Initiation of Dialysis Procedural Checklist #1c ☐ Handhygiene ☐ Assemble supplies for patient at dialysis chair (no common tray/cart at station) ☐ … hygiene ☐ Don clean gloves; if not already worn, don gown, impermeable mask, and eye protection … antisepsis ☐ Insert cannulation needles; tape in place; initiate treatment; remove gloves ☐ Handhygiene Note: This checklist is not intended for observation of buttonhole cannulation technique.
  18. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/procchecklist2-parenteral-med-prep.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Checklist #2 ☐ Assemble supplies in clean area with clean surface away from dialysis station ☐ Handhygiene ☐ Open one vial of each medication at a time ☐ Wipe stopper with alcohol or other antiseptic … in clean preparation area ☐ Take only individual patient’s medications to dialysis station ☐ Handhygiene ☐ Don clean gloves, wipe injection port with antiseptic ☐ Inject medication ☐ Discard … syringe into Sharps container ☐ Remove gloves ☐ Hand hygiene Note: This checklist is intended
  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/849137/psn-pdf
    May 17, 2023 - organization’s work to improve core safety activities related to medication safety, falls, infections, and handhygiene. … trends-adverse-event-rates-hospitalized-patients-2010-2019 https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-improve-hand-hygiene-compliance-patient-care … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-improve-hand-hygiene-compliance-patient-care
  20. psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-workload-infection-risk-critically-ill-patients
    March 02, 2011 - hygiene among physicians: performance, beliefs, and perceptions. … hygiene improvement: a Delphi consensus-building study. … hygiene in patient care. … January 27, 2021 Implementation of hand hygiene in health-care facilities: results from … the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework global survey 2019.

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