Re: Linking of Hand hygiene awareness training to health professional registration renewal

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Hi John, I look forward to the outcomes of your proposal.
The online handhygiene package available for nurses could also be for
Doctors. This could go well for May 5.
Lavina L’Hotellier
Infection Control Coordinator
Orbost Regional Health.
Boundary Road
Orbost, 3888
Victoria
ph- (03) 51546666 fax- (03) 51542366
home- zutt02@bigpond.com.au
work- lavina.l’hotellier@orh.com.au

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training to health professional registration renewal

Dear Colleagues

Might AICA discuss the following proposal?

We all particularly struggle to get medical staff to learn about correct
hand hygiene practices. They either know it all or profess not to have the
time etc. Furthermore in order to enforce the standard, one needs to ensure
that the person is aware of the expectations etc.

My proposal is that AICA (together with ASID- I have suggested this to them)
makes a formal request to the new National Registration and Accreditation
scheme (Health Workforce) to require completion of a specified online hand
hygiene elearning program and assessment PRIOR to issue of registration
renewal for all health professionals.

Furthermore, we should require them to include safe practice of hand hygiene
in the relevant codes of conduct for each cadre of health staff.

Best wishes
John

Dr John Ferguson
Director, Infection Prevention and Control Unit Microbiologist and
Infectious Diseases Physician HUNTER NEW ENGLAND HEALTH Locked Bag 1,
Newcastle, NSW 2310, Australia
tel 61 2 49214422, fax 61 2 49214440

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