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25.01.2022 Australian National Hand Hygiene Audit Data has been released for Audit 3 2018. Check it out here: https://www.hha.org.au/audits/national-data

24.01.2022 We have just released the latest national hand hygiene data for Audit 3 2016 on our website http://www.hha.org.au/LatestNationalData.aspx Well done to everyone involved in a hand hygiene program!

23.01.2022 HHA release an e-Bulletin at the end of each audit. This is automatically emailed to all administrators of hand hygiene programs. If you are not an administrator, but would like to review the e-Bulletin please see this webpage: http://hha.org.au/ForHealthcareWorkers/e-bulletin.aspx

23.01.2022 HHA and the ACSQHC support WHO in promoting World Hand Hygiene Day annually on the 5th May https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au//hand-hygiene-day-2017/

22.01.2022 Global Hand Hygiene Day is this Sunday, 5 May, and focuses on clean care for all in support of the @WHO global movement to achieve universal health coverage. By... practising hand hygiene, millions of patients lives can be saved worldwide. Watch this video to listen to the official song for Global Hand Hygiene Day. http://ow.ly/dROY50tVKvv See more

21.01.2022 The latest HHA e-Bulletin is now live on the HHA website. http://www.hha.org.au/ForHealthcareWorkers/e-bulletin.aspx

20.01.2022 WHO 5 May 2018 global hand hygiene campaign A reminder that the WHO Save Lives: Clean your Hands Campaign is coming up on the 5th May, 2018. Every year on the 5 May, the WHO calls on health facilities to participate in a global hand hygiene campaign. This years hand hygiene campaign slogan is it's in your hands prevent sepsis in health care and is focused on the prevention of health care-associated sepsis through hand hygiene and infection prevention and control (IPC) a...ction. Sepsis is estimated to affect more than 30 million patients every year worldwide. WHO asks IPC leaders to take part and champion the dissemination of campaign messages and resources, with the aim of engaging all target audiences to ensure their commitment by taking part and aiming to continue to improve hand hygiene, you will help prevent sepsis. Hand Hygiene Australia invite all facilities participating in the campaign to share their photos and activities on the HHA Facebook page or send them to HHA on twitter Hand Hygiene Australia You can also access the WHO resources directly at http://www.who.int/infection-pre//clean-hands/5may2018/en/ including 2018 campaign posters. You can find the campaign message in languages other than English through the links on this page http://www.who.int/infection-prevention/campaigns/en/

20.01.2022 Hand hygiene is key in the bigger picture of antimicrobial resistance. Prof Lindsay Grayson director of HHA speaking on behalf of WHO at ICPIC

19.01.2022 We have just released the latest national hand hygiene data for Audit 3 2015 on our website http://www.hha.org.au/LatestNationalData.aspx Well done to everyone involved in a hand hygiene program!

19.01.2022 HHA have some exciting news..... in the following few weeks we will be launching a new learning module for community members returning to work after COVID...watch this space!

18.01.2022 Dear colleagues and friends, 10 years ago the Clean Care is Safer Care programme was launched by WHO under the inspirational leadership of Sir Liam Donaldson and Professor Didier Pittet! Many thanks to them and to the team! See this page http://www.who.int/gpsc/ccsc_ten-years/en/ to commemorate this important event!... This is a short but important message. We would like to deeply thank all of you for being part of this amazing adventure and for having contributed to progressing hand hygiene and IPC improvements over 10 years in many ways! Learning from the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, we know that there is still a lot to do to really embed hand hygiene best practices in the day-to-day life of health-care facilities and communities worldwide. Building on the very successful work of Clean Care is Safer Care, WHO is now developing a comprehensive and sustained IPC global programme. We are looking forward to working with you all on this new exciting challenge! Best wishes Benedetta Allegranzi Team Lead, Clean Care is Safer Care and Infection Prevention and Control programme Service Delivery and Safety department, Health Systems and Innovation, WHO HQ Edward Kelley Director, Service Delivery and Safety department, Health Systems and Innovation, WHO HQ #CleanHands10

17.01.2022 Here's the full video from our friends at Alfred Health to end our hand hygiene day for 2017 #handhygiene #antimicrobialresistance

16.01.2022 A free online training tool ‘HHA Work Safe-and-Clean’ has been developed by Hand Hygiene Australia to help keep everyone safe when people return to work. The program takes people through the simple steps they can follow to help make their workplace or school safe from the risk of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. The program, which is based on the system used by Hand Hygiene Australia to train healthcare workers, includes specific tips for high-risk occupations and in...dustries like retail, hospitality, trades/manufacturing and office workers but also general tips for everyone to help improve hand hygiene. It only takes a few minutes to complete so we would love businesses and organisations to embrace this and encourage all of their staff to be hand hygiene ‘compliant’ when they return to work. Everyone who completes the assessment gets a certificate. Please note: In this first release the module is only available to those in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Access the online training via https://www.hha.org.au/online-learning/hha-work-safe-clean

16.01.2022 Here is the latest national hand hygiene data for Audit 2 2015 that has been updated on our website http://www.hha.org.au/LatestNationalData.aspx Well done Australian healthcare workers - onwards and up each audit!

15.01.2022 It just makes sense!

15.01.2022 Thank you South Eastern Sydney Local Health District for participating in World Hand Hygiene Day!! Well done to all your staff for their commitment to preventing #sepsis and keeping patients safe.

14.01.2022 HHA hosted a Pre-conference workshop at the ACIPC Conference 2016 in Melbourne. Presentations from this workshop are now available on the HHA website: http://www.hha.org.au/hha/hha-meetings-and-conferences.aspx

14.01.2022 Watch Professor Lindsay Grayson discuss the new free course for returning to work post COVID "Work Safe-and-Clean"

13.01.2022 Lady Cilento Childrens Hospital are rocking that hand washing!!! Happy World Hand Hygiene Day to all your staff and thank you for keeping your hands clean, preventing #sepsis and keeping your patients safe!

13.01.2022 Thank you Calvary Rehabilitation Hospital for participating in World Hand Hygiene Day! Well done to all your staff for their commitment to preventing #sepsis and keeping patients safe

12.01.2022 Australian National Hand Hygiene Audit Data has been released for Audit 1 2019. Check it out here: https://www.hha.org.au/audits/national-data

12.01.2022 Happy Hand Hygiene Day 2017

11.01.2022 Hope you are having fun on Hand Hygiene Day from HHA

11.01.2022 Introducing Soapy Heroes (Victorian Schools Hand Hygiene Project) From Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Education and Training Victoria https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/campaigns/soapy-hero

11.01.2022 Who says hand hygiene is boring! Make hand hygiene fun and everyone will want to join in - just ask our friends at Alfred Health...

08.01.2022 Congratulations to everyone who has participated in the National Hand Hygiene Initiative and worked to improve hand hygiene in your hospital - this is the difference it has made to patient safety! https://www.thelancet.com//PIIS1473-3099(18)30491/fulltext

07.01.2022 Join a free teleclass from Professor Didier Pittet and Dr Benedetta Allegranzi on 5 May, people can register here, the recording will also be available and I believe it will also be in French and Spanish https://www.webbertraining.com/schedulep1.php

07.01.2022 Hand hygiene and Infection Prevention and Control more generally are key weapons in the fight against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). WHOs 5 May 2017 campaign slogan, Fight antibiotic resistance its in your hands demonstrates the unity between AMR and infection efforts. IPC leaders need to champion hand hygiene campaigning and progress their journey of integrating WHOs core components for IPC in every health facility.... Everyone can play their part and heres how: - Health workers - clean your hands at the right times - Chief executive officers and managers of health facilities - support hand hygiene campaigning and IPC programmes to protect patients from antibiotic resistant infections - Policy makers - stop AMR spread by demonstrating national support for and commitment to infection prevention. Find out more about WHOs campaign on hand hygiene and IPC - http://www.who.int/gpsc/5may/2017/en/ Please ensure that you visit the WHO link above and review the posters, email banners, resources available for promotion of the Hand Hygiene Day 2017. Show your commitment and register your organisation with WHO to show you support for Hand Hygiene - Sign up Now! http://www.who.int/gpsc/5may/register/en/ #handhygiene #antibioticresistance

05.01.2022 This week is the 15th Anniversary of the Clean Care is Safer Care program - CleanHandsSaveLives.org and today marks Global Hand Washing Day. This program was the beginning of the global hand hygiene movement, is one of the most successful World Health Organization (WHO) campaigns, Save Lives: Clean Your Hands, and is where the principles of Hand Hygiene Australia were built from. As we face the COVID pandemic, it is now more than ever that the world understands how importan...t hand hygiene is in protecting patient lives, and the health and safety of our loved ones and our community. #cleanhands15 #handhygiene For more hand hygiene information of learning tools please see the HHA website www.hha.org.au

05.01.2022 Celebrating 10 years of the WHO Clean Care is Safer Care Program #CleanHands10

04.01.2022 Happy Hand Hygiene Day for 2020! This year's events have been pivotal in showing the importance of Hand Hygiene, not just in Healthcare, but in life in general. Please utilise the WHO hand hygiene materials to assist in hand hygiene promotion https://www.who.int/infection-pr//clean-hands/5may2020/en/

02.01.2022 Great start to the 2016 ACIPC conference in Melbourne this week. Didier Pittet presenting in the first plenary session

02.01.2022 Support and promote hand hygiene in your organisation everyday, but especially tomorrow for World Hand Hygiene Day May 5 #handhygiene #antibioticresistance

01.01.2022 Happy 5th of the 5th Hand Hygiene Day