Hand Hygiene Australia have developed resources to support the improvement of hand hygiene behaviour in specific settings.
Resources within each of these settings may include setting specific education resources and practice recommendations; setting specific audit tools or auditing recommendations.
Hand Hygiene Australia do not recommend routine hand hygiene compliance auditing as an outcome measure in the non-acute or primary care settings.
HHA recommend the use of other program evaluation tools within the non-acute or primary care sector. These might include: staff hand hygiene knowledge surveys, hand hygiene technique audits, product placement/availability audits, and reports of OLP completion by staff.
The World Health Organisation has published the Hand Hygiene in Outpatient and Home-based Care and Long-term Care Facilities: A Guide to the Application of the WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy and the “My Five Moments for Hand Hygiene” Approach. This document explains the evidence of how the 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene can be incorporated into the non-acute setting. It also gives detailed examples in non-acute settings of how to audit according to the 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene.
General Information
Hand Hygiene Australia has been involved in the development of several resources to support the improvement of hand hygiene in the dental setting.
The purpose of the below resources is to provide guidance on appropriate hand hygiene practices during particular activities.
*Please note these documents have been developed under the guidance of key stakeholders within the dental setting. HHA recognise that the processes outlined in these resources are specific to each organisation and individual unit. The following is meant only as a guide of how to apply the 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene during these specialised activities.
In the dialysis and oncology settings the risk of transmission of infection for all patients and healthcare workers is high due to repetitive invasive procedures and blood handling. It is extremely important to meet the requirements for optimal hand hygiene, despite the high number of opportunities for hand hygiene.
Hand Hygiene Australia (HHA) have developed several resources specific to these settings to provide guidance on hand hygiene practices in these settings.
