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281. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33774/psn-pdf
     December 01, 2014 - Our first global challenge was around improving infection rates and working on hand hygiene. … The first one was on infection prevention and control and really working on hand hygiene. … So that was where we challenged ministers to really improve hand hygiene in their countries. … Or "I wonder if you have copies of Didier Pittet's guides to hand hygiene?" … https://www.who.int/teams/integrated-health-services/infection-prevention-control/hand-hygiene http:

282. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Partnering With Patients and Families To Prevent CLABSI and CAUTI (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2022 - Suggested Strategies • Educate patients and families regarding the importance of hand hygiene, taking … care to emphasize the need for hand hygiene anytime a surface has been touched. … Tell them that if they do not see providers clean their hands after touching a surface, they should … help to show germs on hands) for patients and families to practice hand hygiene, allowing them to … see directly the effectiveness of their hand hygiene techniques.

283. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39004/psn-pdf
     April 04, 2011 - The authors highlight hand hygiene non- compliance as an example of a behavior that should be managed … penalties (mostly involving suspension of clinical privileges) for repeated failures to comply with hand … hygiene and other established safe practices. … patient-safety-and-just-culture-primer-health-care-executives https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/system-failure-versus-personal-accountability-case-clean-hands … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/culture-safety https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/save-lives-clean-your-hands

284. Intramuscular Injections – Best Practices for Safe Vaccine Administration in Nursing Homes (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2021 - Complete Hand Hygiene. Before giving a vaccine, complete proper hand hygiene. … If you are wearing gloves, change them and perform hand hygiene between each vaccination. … Keep your hands clean from vaccine preparation through administration and disposal. … Perform hand hygiene.

285. 004-Cusp-Learning-From-Defects (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - The CUSP team found that EVS was short staffed and hand hygiene adherence in the unit was low for the … EVS being short staffed and hand hygiene adherence being low for the past 90 days was a major reason … High impact, high effort interventions were needed to address the low hand hygiene adherence. … disseminate hand hygiene data monthly and hold individuals accountable for their hand hygiene performance … “secret shopper” or unknown observers to collect hand hygiene adherence data.

286. Slide 1 (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2012 - reviewed compliance on a quarterly basis with technical work toward reducing CLABSI, tracking data on hand … hygiene, proper use of Chlorhexidine, and full patient barriers. * Challenge #2: Reducing CLABSI … 0.8 Qtr 2 1.2 1.2 Qtr 3 1.4 1.2 Qtr 4 1.1 0.7 Qtr 1 2012 0.9 0.6 Chart1 Hand … hygiene Hand hygiene Hand hygiene Hand hygiene Hand hygiene Hand hygiene Chlorhexidine Chlorhexidine … hygiene Chlorhexidine Full Pt barrier Q3 2010 n=98 44% 86% 82% Q4 2010 n=91 78% 93% 87% Q1 2011

287. PowerPoint Presentation
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     March 01, 2017 - Education Hand hygiene Gloves Clean rooms Disinfected surfaces Proper medical device care and maintenance … Good hand hygiene, proper glove use, cleaning residents’ rooms, disinfecting surfaces and equipment and … are superior to antimicrobial soaps and should be used to maintain proper hand hygiene. … And remember that there are four main opportunities for hand hygiene: Before initial contact with the … Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings.

288. System failure versus personal accountability--the case for clean hands. | PSNet
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     February 16, 2011 - Commentary System failure versus personal accountability--the case for clean hands … System failure versus personal accountability--the case for clean hands. … The author argues that a systems approach  to hand hygiene is only useful if providers reliably practice … good hygiene. … System failure versus personal accountability--the case for clean hands.

289. Chapter-6 - Carbapenem-Resistant-Enterobacteriaceae (pdf file)
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     September 26, 2019 - Organism- independent PSPs (such as general hand hygiene and environmental cleaning practices) are covered … DalBen et al., 201620 • Contact precautions • Hand hygiene • Compliance monitoring of hand hygiene … Poor compliance with infection control measures such as contact precautions and hand hygiene led to … Mathematical modeling of the interventions suggested that, assuming 60-80% hand hygiene compliance … Authors did not measure hand hygiene and CP compliance.

290. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41335/psn-pdf
     April 25, 2012 - Ask me if I cleaned my hands. April 25, 2012 Gordon SC. A piece of my mind. … Ask me if I cleaned my hands. JAMA. 2012;307(15):1591-2. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.474. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ask-me-if-i-cleaned-my-hands This commentary describes barriers, for both … patients and health care professionals, to reminding clinicians to wash their hands. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ask-me-if-i-cleaned-my-hands https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/engaging-patient-observer-promote-hand-hygiene-compliance-ambulatory-care

291. Addressing Questions Asked by Staff: Targeted Decolonization (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2022 - Does targeted decolonization affect our hand hygiene products? No. … Use your usual routine hand hygiene products. … Does targeted decolonization affect our hand hygiene products?

292. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41439/psn-pdf
     May 30, 2012 - Getting doctors to clean their hands: lead the followers. … Getting doctors to clean their hands: lead the followers. … if the first person entering a patient room performed safe hand hygiene practices, particularly the … attending physician, other team members were more likely to wash their hands as well. … issue/ask-me-if-i-cleaned-my-hands

293. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2022 - Module 7—Hand Hygiene—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course This module describes how … hand hygiene prevents the spread of pathogens, including those that are resistant to antibiotics, and … Module 9—Respiratory Hygiene and Cough Etiquette—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course … Training—Prevention Process Measures Module ​This presentation reviews the Prevention Process Measures for Hand … Hygiene and Gown and Glove Use Event Reporting in long-term care facilities.

294. CVC Insertion Risk Factors: (doc file)
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     June 02, 2025 - location/room number(s) 2 Did all personnel involved in line care for this patient use proper hand … hygiene? … [ ] Yes [ ] No If no, explain: 15 What is hand hygiene compliance like for all units the patient

295. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42083/psn-pdf
     March 13, 2013 - interventions to reduce falls and pressure ulcers, and interventions to decrease medication errors and improve hand … hygiene—are all considered to have strong evidence of effectiveness, minimal potential for adverse … /primer/medication-errors-and-adverse-drug-events https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-hospital-wide-hand-hygiene-initiative-healthcare-associated-infections-results

296. Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care. | PSNet
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     June 11, 2014 - November 16, 2011 View More Related Resources Hand Hygiene in Healthcare … May 20, 2015 Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene

297. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2022 - Module 7—Hand Hygiene—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course This module describes how … hand hygiene prevents the spread of pathogens, including those that are resistant to antibiotics, and … Module 9—Respiratory Hygiene and Cough Etiquette—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course … Training—Prevention Process Measures Module ​This presentation reviews the Prevention Process Measures for Hand … Hygiene and Gown and Glove Use Event Reporting in long-term care facilities.

298. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33798/psn-pdf
     January 01, 2015 - For example, failing to perform hand hygiene demonstrably leads to health care–associated infections … , yet clinicians frequently do not wash their hands, especially when they think nobody is looking. … hygiene, fall risk assessments, and preoperative timeouts. … patient-safety-and-just-culture-primer-health-care-executives https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-hand-hygiene-eight-hospitals-united-states-targeting-specific-causes-noncompliance … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quantification-hawthorne-effect-hand-hygiene-compliance-monitoring-using-electronic

299. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38991/psn-pdf
     September 30, 2009 - Why don't doctors wash their hands more? September 30, 2009 Chen PW. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-dont-doctors-wash-their-hands-more The author uses personal experience … The column highlights the Joint Commission effort to improve hand hygiene compliance in the health care … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-dont-doctors-wash-their-hands-more https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/joint-commission-center-transforming-healthcare

300. Health Care-Associated Infections | PSNet
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     October 04, 2017 - issue explores the anesthesiologist's role in infection prevention and the importance of emphasizing hand … hygiene and disinfection efforts in the perioperative environment.  … Using a human factors framework to assess clinician perceptions of and barriers to high reliability in hand … hygiene.