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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...