To support World Hand Hygiene Day on 5 May, Kimberly-Clark Professional has shared five ways to improve hand hygiene standards within a healthcare environment.
For the 10th year in a row, World Hand Hygiene Day is a cornerstone of the WHO’s campaign to galvanise action at the point of care and improve patient safety. Sepsis prevention is this year’s focus: it kills 44,000 people in the UK and costs the economy £16bn every year.
KCP’s Five Ways to ensure hand hygiene and prevent sepsis are:
Include hand hygiene as part of training – make sure this is a part of preparing people to work for your organisation. You can request a complimentary kit from Kimberly-Clark Professional here.
Help people understand how to protect themselves – create and display posters and notices promoting hand hygiene in your environment here.
Demonstrate best practice in your environment – take the opportunity to demonstrate to everyone, even experts.
Provide quality products – always supply quality, available and easily accessible products helps staff onsite operate as hygienically as possible.
Track and share your progress – perform audits on specific areas or wards, monitoring staff, patients or visitors washing their hands, and repeat to look for improvements. Download a free NHS audit tool here.
Kimberly-Clark Professional believes that following these simple steps can be significantly beneficial in the fight against infections. Making infection prevention and hand hygiene national, industry and organisational priorities can save countless lives.
