Infection prevention and control is important, including residential care Healthcare workers, student healthcare workers and for other industries where The ACSQHC NHHI hosts a suite of online eLearning modules (including hand hygiene) to p rovide information on the principles of infection prevention andĬontrol in the Australian healthcare setting. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) My Hospital website also provides safety and quality information for local hospitals, including hand hygiene compliance rates. The national and state hand hygiene target is 80%. The SA Health Why is hand hygiene important? infographic details the overall hand hygiene compliance rates for SA Health and for each LHN this infographic is updated annually. The associated SA Health Hand Hygiene Guideline (PDF 223KB) summarises best practice for healthcare workers in the clinical setting. The SA Health Hand Hygiene Policy Directive (PDF 299KB) establishes a uniform approach to hand hygiene across the public health sector. Policy directive, guideline and supporting resources Of 'moments' required to be audited is proportional to the size of theĪs per the NHHI, each hospital or Local Health Network (LHN) should have a Hand Hygiene Program Coordinator who is responsible for the governance and oversight of local hand hygiene programs.įor queries related to the NHHI, refer to the ACSQHC NHHI website or contact your LHN Hand Hygiene Program Coordinator: Local Health NetworkĬentral Adelaide Local Health Adelaide Local Health Adelaide Local Health & Children's Health Support Services (RSS) RSS will forward queries to the Hand Hygiene Lead for regional LHNs as applicable. To submit data three times per year according to the NHHI schedule. using hand hygiene programs that ensure culture change.Ĭompliance with hand hygiene according to the WHO '5 Moments for hand hygiene' is recorded by trained and validated auditors.monitoring hand hygiene compliance and performance feedback.ensuring uniform hand hygiene and infection prevention and control education.the use alcohol-based hand rub at the point-of-care.The NHHI uses a multi-modal approach to improving hand hygiene and includes: National Hand Hygiene InitiativeĪs part of the World Health Organization's (WHO) First Global Patient Safety Challenge, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) established the National Hand Hygiene Initiative (NHHI) in 2008 as part of a suite of initiatives to prevent and reduce healthcare-associated infections in Australian healthcare settings. Studies show that effective hand decontamination (hand hygiene)Ĭan significantly reduce the rate of healthcare associated infection. There are around 165,000 healthcare associated infections each year, making Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) the most common healthcare complication affecting patients in hospital.
Effective hand hygiene is one of the most effective measures to prevent the spread of infections.
Hands are one of the main pathways for germ transmission within healthcare and the community. Hand hygiene in the healthcare environment On this page
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