Hand hygiene: the “before” moment
In January, we promoted the 4 Moments for Hand Hygiene – a simple and effective way to ensure safe, quality care and prevent infections in health care settings. This month, we’re focusing in on the first moment: before initial patient / patient environment contact. In a nutshell, here’s what you need to remember: When? Clean your hands when entering a room: before touching client/patient/resident before touching any object or furniture in the client/patient/resident’s environment Some...
Reminder: the 4 moments for hand hygiene
Do your staff know the four moments for hand hygiene? .This may be easier to remember as "Clean your hands before and after contact with the patient or patient environment." Two important points: 1. Although the provincial hand hygiene compliance rate is an impressive 88% after patient/environment contact, the before rate is only 78% - which is below the target rate of 80%. Remind your staff, cleaning their hands BEFORE contact with the patient or patient...