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Infection control: Hand hygiene in patient care (Narrated)
Health Staff Ed
Updated Dec 04, 2024
What you'll learn
- The three main forms of transmission of healthcare associated infections.
- Standard precautions as they relate to hand hygiene.
- The 5 moments of hand hygiene.
- How to perform a routine hand rub and hand wash.
- Common barriers to hand hygiene.
- How to be able to support improvement in hand hygiene.
Course Description
Course Overview:
This 1.5 hour interactive course addresses all the basics of hand hygiene for clinicians. It is a reminder to every healthcare worker of the importance of diligent hand hygiene.
It incorporates the current best available evidence.
This course has been written by healthcare content experts and has been peer reviewed.
Target Audience
All healthcare workers
Business Case
This course is an essential element in a multipronged approach to infection control in healthcare.
It meets the requirements of the NSQHS and ACQS standards as they relate to training in infection prevention and control and hand hygiene.
