General Education
- General Hand Hygiene education addresses:
- Indications for hand hygiene;
- Monitoring Criteria and factors found to significantly influence behavior (e.g. Thresholds; glove use; hands full, other)
- Cleansing products and indications for use;
- Technique:
- Skin integrity tips
- Behavioral contract
- Hand hygiene education is integrated into multiple educational opportunities including:
- New Employee Orientation
- Annual Infection Control Training module (available in the Learning Management System)
- Unit and department-level education and skills review
- Just-in-Time Coaching
- Other staff meetings and presentations by request
- Periodic communications regarding hand hygiene compliance