Hand Hygiene
As part of our commitment to improving Patient Safety--especially as it pertains to better Hand Hygiene practices and compliance--we are continually adding more information on this crucial area of patient safety.
Please select from the following list of information and resources:
- Click here for a glossary of terms on hand hygiene
- Click here for the CDC's hand hygiene guidelines
- Click here for the CDC Hand Hygiene Guidelines (PDF)
- Click here for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings (CDC)
- Click here forHand Hygiene Guidelines (WHO/World Health Organization)
- Click here for IHI's Improving Hand Hygiene
- Click here for IHI's Hand Hygiene Improvement Report
- Click here for IHI's report on Reducing MRSA Infections
- Click here for IHI's Central Line ‘Bundle’
- Click here for FAQs on MRSA
- Click here for an archive of blog posts that focus on hand hygiene
- Click here for several resources on patient safety and hand hygiene
- Click here for patient safety advocacy programs
- Click here to learn how HVA improves hand hygiene compliance
- Click here to learn of the "critical control" benchmarks that HVA monitors
- Click here for a list of Frequently Asked Questions
- Click here to view a sample HVA report (PDF)
- For a full service profile on HVA please click here (PDF)
