WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care - Safe Care ...

PART IV. TOWARDS A GENERAL MODEL OF CAMPAIGNING FOR BETTER HAND HYGIENE – A NATIONAL APPROACH TO HAND HYGIENE IMPROVEMENT
Table IV.9.1
Framework for action
Step Actions/issues for consideration References <strong>WHO</strong> implementation tools
1. Readiness for
action
Considerations:
• Patient Safety Strategy:
— Is there an existing or planned regional
(<strong>WHO</strong>) strategy on patient safety, hand
hygiene improvement and infection
control?
— Is the <strong>WHO</strong> country office driving infection
control/hand hygiene improvement?
— Is there national political support/
leadership for patient safety, hand hygiene
improvement, and infection control?
— Is there a national patient safety agenda?
— Is there a national infection control
agenda?
— Is hand hygiene improvement integrated/
embedded within broader patient safety
agenda?
— Is hand hygiene part of an accountability/
governance framework; does it link with
accreditation?
• Commitment to “Clean Care is Safer Care”:
— Has a national political pledge of support
to “Clean Care is Safer Care” been
signed?
— Do national or regional policies/guidelines
exist on hand hygiene improvement in
health care?
— Is the <strong>WHO</strong> strategy consistent with
national policies/guidelines on infection
control/hand hygiene?
• Is there broad support from policy-makers,
professionals and the public to prioritize effort
and resource on hand hygiene at a national
level?
• Will the programme be coordinated through
the ministry of health or via another mechanism
(e.g. regional or district authorities or a network
of experts)?
• Do hand hygiene campaigns outside of health
care already exist; can links be made?
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• Pledge briefing pack
• Country situation analysis
• Facility situation analysis
• Perception surveys
• <strong>WHO</strong> guide to local production of
alcohol-based handrub
• <strong>WHO</strong> <strong>Guidelines</strong> on Hand Hygiene in
Health Care
• <strong>WHO</strong> Guide to Implementation of the
multimodal strategy and associated
toolkit
• Break-even cost analysis tool
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