Clean Hands Count For Safe Healthcare Cdc 2020 Infection Control

Clean Hands Count For Safe Healthcare Cdc 2020 Infection Control Hand hygiene means cleaning your hands with: handwashing with water and soap (e.g., plain soap or with an antiseptic). antiseptic hand rub (alcohol based foam or gel hand sanitizer). surgical hand antisepsis. cleaning your hands reduces: the potential spread of deadly germs to patients. the spread of germs, including those resistant to antibiotics. Overview. clean hands count campaign offers posters, factsheets, and brochures for healthcare providers and patients. be sure to tell cdc who your clean hands count for using hashtag #cleanhandscount on twitter, facebook, instagram, and pinterest. to order free copies of these materials, please visit cdc info on demand.

Clean Hands Count Cdc Foundation Scope. the core practices in this document should be implemented in all settings where healthcare is delivered. these venues include both inpatient settings (e.g., acute, long term care) and outpatient settings (e.g., clinics, urgent care, ambulatory surgical centers, imaging centers, dialysis centers, physical therapy and rehabilitation centers, alternative medicine clinics). This campaign by the us centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) aims to improve healthcare provider adherence to hand hygiene recommendations, address myths and misperceptions about hand hygiene, and empower patients to play a role in their care by asking or reminding healthcare providers to clean their hands. Clean hands save lives: researchers in a facility in north carolina that routinely scores high in hand hygiene adherence, weren’t satisfied when personnel performed hand hygiene appropriately more than 80% of the time. they aimed higher. by successfully engaging all healthcare personnel, they raised the rate to 95%. Clean your hands often while you are a patient or visiting someone in a healthcare facility. ww.cdc.gov handhygiene this material was developed by cdc. the clean hands count campaign is made possible by a partnership between the cdc foundation and gojo. publication date from document properties.