Component | Description |
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1. System change | Ensuring that the necessary infrastructure is in place to allow healthcare workers to practice hand hygiene. This includes two essential elements:
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2. Training and education | Providing regular training on the importance of hand hygiene based on the ‘My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene’ approach, and the correct procedures for hand-rubbing and hand-washing, to all healthcare workers |
3. Evaluation and feedback | Monitoring hand hygiene practices and infrastructure, along with related perceptions and knowledge among healthcare workers, while providing performance and results feedback to staff |
4. Reminders in the workplace | Prompting and reminding healthcare workers about the importance of hand hygiene, and about the appropriate indications and procedures for performing it |
5. Institutional safety climate | Creating an environment and the perceptions that facilitate awareness-raising about patient safety issues, while guaranteeing consideration of hand hygiene improvement as a high priority at all levels, including:
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Adapted from ref. 3.