[CAMERON, Donna]

Sent on behalf of Carolyn Tullett:

On 5 May 2009, Austin Health celebrated World Hand Hygiene Day. The aim
of this World Health Organisation (WHO) initiative was to highlight the
critical importance of good hand hygiene in patient care with a global
call to action to help reduce health care-associated infections. At
Austin Health it was decided to draw on this theme and further promote
the use of alcohol hand rub to visitors to our facility.

While hand hygiene for visitors has been encouraged in our hospital at
ward level since the introduction of the hand hygiene program in 2001,
it was felt that we could get a bigger and better message to those
visiting our facility if we “marketed” the message and our hand hygiene
product at the main entrance to the hospital. This initiative was also
in line with the Brumby Government’s war on “Superbugs” declared on the
3rd of October 2007 as part of the Start Clean-Victorian Infection
Control Strategy.

After consultation with key stakeholders, a decision was made to create
a hand hygiene booth. The “Hand Rub Hub” is positioned in the foyer of
the main entrance to Austin Hospital – in front of the entry to the
lifts and main hospital corridor. The hub has been a great success with
an average of four bottles of hand hygiene product used daily. Feedback
from visitors continues to be positive and indicates that they feel that
they are making a constructive contribution to infection prevention. It
seems that visitors welcome the opportunity to support hand hygiene
initiatives when given the tools to do so.

Carolyn Tullett
Clinical Nurse Consultant
Infection Control Department
Austin Health

—–Original Message—–
Behalf Of Chris Braden

We have hand gel at all entry and exit points in brackets with posters
as reminders for staff, patients and relatives. No issues at all

Christine Braden
Assistant Director of Nursing/
Infection Control Practitioner CNS
Djerriwarrh Health Service
Email- chrisb@djhs.org.au
Ph- 53 67 2000
Mobile – 0402 242 651

—–Original Message—–
Behalf Of Wilson, Fiona L (Infection Control)
handrubs [Scanned]

I would like to know if any members have placed their alcohol based hand
rubs in public areas such as near lifts, entrances etc in their
hospitals.
If so where have you put it and what form has this taken (bracket on
wall, hand hygiene station etc) and have you had any issues with this.

Regards

Fiona Wilson
Manager, Infection Control
Western Health
email: fiona.wilson@wh.org.au

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