Scotland's National Hand Hygiene campaign was launched in January 2007 and is being delivered by Health Protection Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government Health Directorate. This campaign is the first of its kind in the UK and its core aim is to improve hand hygiene and reduce avoidable illness.
National Hand Hygiene NHS Campaign Compliance with Hand Hygiene - Audit Report
Fifth Bi-Monthly | Fourth Bi-Monthly | Third Bi-Monthly |
Second Bi-Monthly | First Bi-Monthly
Sixth | Fifth | Fourth | Third | Second | First
Fifth Bi-Monthly Report
Health Protection Scotland has published the fifth bi-monthly Compliance with Hand Hygiene - Audit Report as part of the National NHS Hand Hygiene Campaign.
This is the fifth bi-monthly report to present hand hygiene compliance data at a country level by HPS which continues to aid understanding of compliance throughout NHSScotland. Previously data were reported quarterly. An audit tool and supporting protocol developed by HPS are used by all NHS boards to facilitate a standardised approach to compliance monitoring across Scotland.
Fourth Bi-Monthly Report
Health Protection Scotland has published the fourth bi-monthly Compliance with Hand Hygiene - Audit Report as part of the National NHS Hand Hygiene Campaign.
This is the fourth bi-monthly report to present hand hygiene compliance data at a country level by HPS which continues to aid understanding of compliance throughout NHSScotland. Previously data were reported quarterly. An audit tool and supporting protocol developed by HPS are used by all NHS boards to facilitate a standardised approach to compliance monitoring across Scotland.
Third Bi-Monthly Report
Health Protection Scotland has published the 3rd bi-monthly Compliance with Hand Hygiene - Audit Report as part of the National NHS Hand Hygiene Campaign.
This is the 3rd bi-monthly report to present hand hygiene compliance data at a country level by HPS which continues to aid understanding of compliance throughout NHSScotland. Previously data were reported quarterly. Scottish Ambulance Service data have been included in the National Audit Report as this NHS board is part of the National Hand Hygiene Campaign and inclusion of their data will further enable assessment of hand hygiene compliance across NHSScotland. Â An audit tool and supporting protocol developed by HPS are used by all NHS boards to facilitate a standardised approach across Scotland.
Second Bi-Monthly Report
Health Protection Scotland has published the second bi-monthly Compliance with Hand Hygiene - Audit Report as part of the National NHS Hand Hygiene Campaign.
This is the second bi-monthly report to present hand hygiene compliance data at a country level by HPS which continues to aid understanding of compliance throughout NHSScotland. Previously data were reported quarterly. An audit tool and supporting protocol developed by HPS are used by all NHS Boards to facilitate a standardised approach across Scotland.
First Bi-Monthly Report
Health Protection Scotland has published the first bi-monthly Compliance with Hand Hygiene - Audit Report as part of the National NHS Hand Hygiene Campaign.
This is the first bi-monthly report to present hand hygiene compliance data at a country level by HPS which continues to aid understanding of compliance throughout NHSScotland. Previously data were reported quarterly. An audit tool and supporting protocol developed by HPS are used by all NHS Boards to facilitate a standardised approach across Scotland. Since the last audit period three significant changes have been made to the audit process and tool and these are described within the report.
Sixth Audit Report
Health Protection Scotland has published the sixth Compliance with Hand Hygiene - Audit Report as part of the National NHS Hand Hygiene Campaign.
Fifth Audit Report
Health Protection Scotland has published the fifth Compliance with Hand Hygiene - Audit Report as part of the National NHS Hand Hygiene Campaign.
Fourth Audit Report
Health Protection Scotland has published the fourth Compliance with Hand Hygiene - Audit Report as part of the National NHS Hand Hygiene Campaign.
In order to reiterate the appropriate use of solutions to be used when performing hand hygiene, HPS will be issuing the following message (in the form of a credit card size flyer) in time for International Infection Prevention Week (w/c 20th October 2008):
Hand rubs containing alcohol are the recommended products for ensuring effective hand hygiene in all patient care situations except when:
- hands are visibly soiled;
- the patient is experiencing vomiting and/or diarrhoea;
- there is direct hand contact with any body fluids i.e. if gloves have been forgotten to be worn;
- there is an outbreak of norovirus, Clostridium difficile or other diarrhoeal illness.
In these instances hands should always be cleaned with liquid soap and warm water.
Third Audit Report
Health Protection Scotland has published the third Compliance with Hand Hygiene - Audit Report as part of the National NHS Hand Hygiene Campaign.
This presents hand hygiene compliance at a country level by HPS and continues to aid understanding of compliance throughout NHSScotland. The presentation within this report has changed from previous reports and as such does not feature previous audit results. This change is due to the launch of a new Campaign phase as part of the SGHD HAI Task Force Delivery Plan (2008-2011), the target of at least 90% compliance by November 2008 as set by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing and quarterly hand hygiene auditing now being in place within NHS Boards.
Second Audit Report
Health Protection Scotland has published the second Compliance with Hand Hygiene - Audit Report as part of the National NHS Hand Hygiene Campaign.
This is the second report to present hand hygiene compliance at a country level by HPS (the first report was published on 27th December 2007) and continues to aid understanding of compliance throughout NHSScotland.
The report features overall audit results for hand hygiene compliance in Scotland, by NHS Board and by staff group. These are presented for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd audit periods in 2007 and 2008 when LHBCs undertook audits throughout their NHS Boards. There are a number of limitations to this type of data collection which are also described, as are the next steps that have been established in order to address hand hygiene compliance and support achieving the best possible standards.
First Audit Report
Health Protection Scotland has published the first Compliance with Hand Hygiene - Audit Report as part of the National NHS Hand Hygiene Campaign.
This report is the first to present hand hygiene compliance at a country level and is an excellent first step in understanding compliance throughout NHSScotland.
The report features overall audit results for hand hygiene compliance in Scotland, by NHS Board and by staff group. These are presented for the 1st and 2nd audit periods in 2007 when LHBCs undertook audits throughout their NHS Boards. There are a number of limitations to this type of data collection which are also described, as are the next steps that have been established in order to address hand hygiene compliance and support achieving the best possible standards.
Further information
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