Welcome to Hand Hygiene Australia

The National Hand Hygiene Initiative

Health care associated infections (HCAI) are a major and growing issue in the quality and safety of health care, in both the hospital and community settings.  HCAIs require urgent national consideration and action

HCAIs have been nominated as a priority area by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC). Improved healthcare worker hand hygiene (HH) is the highest priority area to reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections. Reliable indicators of HH compliance are essential, and mechanisms for the wider implementation and monitoring are required.

The purpose of the National Hand Hygiene Initiative (NHHI) is to develop a national approach to improving HH and monitor its effectiveness. This initiative is based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) - World Alliance for Patient Safety campaign – “Clean Care is Safer Care” launched in 2005.  On the 5th May 2009 WHO relaunched their campaign as "Save Lives: Clean Your Hands" .

 

News

New - 'How to Train Auditors' Guide
Click here to link to Resources for Healthcare Workers page and scroll down to find

 
Click here to read the first WHO Clean Hands Net newsletter

 
A message from Prof. M. Lindsay Grayson, Director of Hand Hygiene Australia
Click here to view video (wmv format)

Click here to read the second edition of the ACSQHC HHA Hand Hygiene Newsletter October 2009

Data Submission Dates

Submit data to State Coordinator

2010
2nd April
6th August
12th November

Use this file to submit your Hand Hygiene Compliance data to your relevant HHA State rep or the National office