New from Essity is a state-of-the art educational programme aimed at people working in the long-term care sector.
Supporting the message of this year’s World Hand Hygiene Day, Tork Clean Hands Training for Care Homes builds on the success of Essity’s award-winning Tork VR Clean Hands Training for hospitals. The new online and virtual reality modules provide immersive learning, aimed at improving outcomes and bringing behavioural change in a bid to raise hygiene and health standards.
Claire Kilpatrick, independent patient safety and infection prevention consultant, said: “To think that there can be an interactive, virtual reality game to engage people in performing hand hygiene appropriate to their settings is definitely a step forward. Using an informative and interactive game like this is one part in ensuring that proper hand hygiene is performed.”
Studies have shown that hand hygiene prevents up to 50% of infections acquired during healthcare delivery, and eight out of 10 healthcare professionals want to further improve hand hygiene compliance in their facilities.
Tork Clean Hands Training for Care Homes has been developed with world-leading hygiene experts using the World Health Organization’s (WHO) ‘My 4 Moments for Hand Hygiene’ in a residential home environment. The interactive simulation is designed to make hand hygiene training more engaging while equipping long-term care staff with the day-to-day skills they need to secure hand hygiene at every moment.
The training is available at no charge in multiple languages in both desktop and VR formats.
World Hand Hygiene Day, celebrated on 5 May, is the annual call to action for healthcare workers to accelerate hand hygiene improvements and is led by the WHO.
Tork supports healthcare organisations with Tork Alcohol Hand Sanitiser which is designed for use in critical, fast-paced environments. Also available are evidence-based dispenser placement guides based on the WHO’s ‘My moments of hand hygiene’. Research shows that hand hygiene dispensers have a significant impact on compliance rates, and that ensuring that these units are correctly placed is key to their success.
