Hand Hygiene Survey Preliminary Results Implementing Effective Hand

Hand Hygiene Survey (Preliminary Results) Implementing Effective Hand Hygiene Programs in Healthcare A. Mc. Geer, K. Green, J. Lourenco, G. Youssef for the Hand Hygiene Research Steering Committee Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M 5 G 1 X 5, Canada. STUDY DESCRIPTION STAFF EDUCATION & FUNDING Part of a joint effort by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, the Canadian Council for Health Services Accreditation, the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Community and Hospital Infection Control Association, and Mount Sinai Hospital to develop a national hand hygiene campaign Survey designed to assess the status of hand hygiene adherence and initiatives in healthcare organizations across Canada From April to May 2007, the survey was available on the CHICA website; 171 CHICA members participated Survey will be mailed to acute care, long-term care, rehabilitation, and mental health facilities; public health units; and emergency Figure 4. Number of facilities in which there is a written hand hygiene policy and if the policy is signed or not. Figure 5. Number of facilities that provide hand hygiene educational programs to staff. medical services during June 2007 Final survey results will be available on Mount Sinai’s Hospital’s Microbiology Department website at: www. microbiology. mtsinai. on. ca PARTICIPANTS Figure 1. Facility types of participants. Figure 2. Province in which participant’s are located. Figure 3. Participant’s role in their organization. Figure 6. Number of facilities that provide skin care programs to staff and types of programs provided. HAND HYGIENE PRODUCTS & INITIATIVES Figure 7. Types of hand hygiene products that facilities provide for staff. Figure 11. Types of tools for monitoring hand hygiene adherence used by facilities. Figure 8. Types of hand hygiene promotional material used in facilities. Figure 12. Reasons why facilities have not audited hand hygiene adherence. Figure 9. Location of hand hygiene products in the facility. Figure 10. Number of facilities that receive financial support for hand hygiene initiatives and type of support received. Figure 13. Components of hand hygiene initiatives. FAST FACTS 15% have a dedicated budget for promotional material 39% reported hospital rules and regulations that limit the use of promotional material 21% of facilities include adherence in staff performance reviews 29% of those that do take disciplinary actions for non-adherence 10% of facilities include adherence to hand hygiene policies in their job description 12% of facilities have monitored patient impressions of adherence in satisfaction surveys 76% of organizations have implemented initiatives to improve hand hygiene in the last 2 years