Policy for Hand hygiene non-compliance - individual, ward or group - ACIPC - Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control

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23/07/2013 at 12:59 pm #70200

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Dear All,

Has anyone attempted to write or have in place a policy or procedure for hand hygiene non-compliance?
Does anyone have a management plan for managing this issue?
Any suggestions anyone. I have been asked to write one.
I have looked at ‘disciplinary procedure’ and accreditation guidelines for medical officers as a starting point.

Regards

Phillipa Parsons
Infection Prevention and Control Clinical Coordinator
Cabrini Health
183 Wattletree Rd
Malvern Vic 3144
03 9508 1577
0400 369 741

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23/07/2013 at 1:39 pm #70202

Christian HARKENSEE
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My suggestions: Make hand hygiene a performance indicator essential for training progress (junior doctors) or quality of care/bonus payments (senior doctors). Without a minimum score in hand hygiene compliance – no career advancement or bonus! It seems it has to hurt for people to really comply, in particular when a culture of hand hygiene is not well established… Obviously, you will need support and endorsement of any such policy from senior management!

Chris Harkensee

Dr Christian Harkensee MD, PhD, MRCPCH(UK), PG Dip Infect Dis (Univ. of London)
Assistant Professor in Paediatrics, National University Singapore
Consultant Paediatrician
Division of Paediatric Infectious Diseases
Khoo Teck Phuat – National University Children”s Medical Institute
National University Hospital
1E Kent Ridge Road
NUHS Tower Block, Level 12, Singapore 119228

Dear All,

Has anyone attempted to write or have in place a policy or procedure for hand hygiene non-compliance?
Does anyone have a management plan for managing this issue?
Any suggestions anyone. I have been asked to write one.
I have looked at ‘disciplinary procedure’ and accreditation guidelines for medical officers as a starting point.

Regards

Phillipa Parsons
Infection Prevention and Control Clinical Coordinator
Cabrini Health
183 Wattletree Rd
Malvern Vic 3144
03 9508 1577
0400 369 741

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23/07/2013 at 1:47 pm #70206

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Chris,

A bonus for doctors? For performing hand hygiene!!

Hmmm, that would cause outrage with other clinicians who would not get a
bonus for the same thing.

Its everyone’s responsibility to prevent infection – they should be no
financial reward for doing what our patients expect us to be doing
properly!

However, your comment on performance indicators in training is valid and
something that should be considered.

Timothy R. Spencer, RN, APN, DipAppSci, Bach.Health, ICCert.
Clinical Nurse Consultant, Central Venous Access & Parenteral Nutrition
Service

Conjoint Lecturer, South West Sydney Clinical School | Faculty of
Medicine | University of NSW
Dept of Intensive Care, Level 2, Clinical Building, Liverpool Hospital,
Elizabeth Street, Liverpool, 2170, NSW, Australia
Tel (+61) 2 8738 3603 | Fax (+61) 2 8738 3551 | Mob +61 (0)409 463 428 |
Tim.Spencer@sswahs.nsw.gov.au | Timothy.Spencer@unsw.edu.au

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My suggestions: Make hand hygiene a performance indicator essential for
training progress (junior doctors) or quality of care/bonus payments
(senior doctors). Without a minimum score in hand hygiene compliance –
no career advancement or bonus! It seems it has to hurt for people to
really comply, in particular when a culture of hand hygiene is not well
established… Obviously, you will need support and endorsement of any
such policy from senior management!

Chris Harkensee

Dr Christian Harkensee MD, PhD, MRCPCH(UK), PG Dip Infect Dis (Univ. of
London)

Assistant Professor in Paediatrics, National University Singapore

Consultant Paediatrician

Division of Paediatric Infectious Diseases

Khoo Teck Phuat – National University Children”s Medical Institute

National University Hospital

1E Kent Ridge Road

NUHS Tower Block, Level 12, Singapore 119228

Behalf Of Parsons, Phillipa
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Dear All,

Has anyone attempted to write or have in place a policy or procedure for
hand hygiene non-compliance?

Does anyone have a management plan for managing this issue?

Any suggestions anyone. I have been asked to write one.

I have looked at ‘disciplinary procedure’ and accreditation guidelines
for medical officers as a starting point.

Regards

Phillipa Parsons

Infection Prevention and Control Clinical Coordinator

Cabrini Health

183 Wattletree Rd

Malvern Vic 3144

03 9508 1577

0400 369 741

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23/07/2013 at 1:59 pm #70208

Janet Masters
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Hi Phillipa

The NSW Hand Hygiene Policy has an appendix on dealing with non compliance
PD2010_058 if you are unable to download from the NSW Website please email
me off list and I will send it to you

Janet
Intensive Care Best Practice Project Officer
Nursing and Midwifery Office
NSW Ministry of Health

On 23 July 2013 13:39, Christian HARKENSEE
wrote:

> My suggestions: Make hand hygiene a performance indicator essential for
> training progress (junior doctors) or quality of care/bonus payments
> (senior doctors). Without a minimum score in hand hygiene compliance no
> career advancement or bonus! It seems it has to hurt for people to really
> comply, in particular when a culture of hand hygiene is not well
> established Obviously, you will need support and endorsement of any such
> policy from senior management!****
>
> ** **
>
> Chris Harkensee****
>
> ** **
>
> *Dr Christian Harkensee* MD, PhD, MRCPCH(UK), PG Dip Infect Dis (Univ. of
> London)****
>
> Assistant Professor in Paediatrics, National University Singapore****
>
> Consultant Paediatrician****
>
> Division of Paediatric Infectious Diseases****
>
> Khoo Teck Phuat – National University Children”s Medical Institute****
>
> National University Hospital****
>
> 1E Kent Ridge Road****
>
> NUHS Tower Block, Level 12, Singapore 119228****
>
> Tel: ++65-96544593, Fax: ++65-67797486****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* ACIPC Infexion Connexion [mailto:AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU] *On
> Behalf Of *Parsons, Phillipa
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 23, 2013 11:00 AM
> *To:* AICALIST@AICALIST.ORG.AU
> *Subject:* Policy for Hand hygiene non-compliance – individual, ward or
> group****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> Dear All,****
>
> ** **
>
> Has anyone attempted to write or have in place a policy or procedure for
> hand hygiene non-compliance?****
>
> Does anyone have a management plan for managing this issue?****
>
> Any suggestions anyone. I have been asked to write one.****
>
> I have looked at disciplinary procedure and accreditation guidelines for
> medical officers as a starting point.****
>
> ** **
>
> Regards****
>
> ** **
>
> *Phillipa Parsons*
>
> *Infection Prevention and Control Clinical Coordinator*
>
> *Cabrini Health*
>
> *183 Wattletree Rd*
>
> *Malvern Vic 3144*
>
> *03 9508 1577*
>
> *0400 369 741*
>
> *Email: pparsons@cabrini.com.au*
>
> ** **
>
>
> Please consider the environment before you print this e-mail.
>
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