June 15, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us many lessons, not least of which is the importance of basic infection prevention practices, including hand hygiene. Dirty hands are a contributing factor in the spread of healthcare-associated infections and practicing good hand hygiene is a simple yet effective way to prevent the transmission of infections. Hand hygiene is also one of the best ways to stay healthy and avoid getting sick and spreading infections like colds, flu or intestinal infections to others, in any setting.

To demonstrate how long you should typically wash your hands, Dr. Joseph has been including 20-second clips at the end of his Friday emails with revised lyrics to reflect increased safety awareness. Check them out on our Coronavirus Resource page.

Answer the question below about hand washing for a chance to win TriHealth swag:

At TriHealth, we are always committed to providing safe, quality care to our patients, as also expressed in one of our EXCEL Always Behaviors:

I WILL ALWAYS work on improving safety, quality and service.

In the coming months, hand hygiene will be a focus for some of our Safety & Reliability efforts, including physical demonstrations and training of proper hand washing during onboarding, plus measurement tactics because “you can’t improve what you don’t measure!”

Here are a few ways you can help increase awareness of proper hand hygiene:

• Promote the importance of hand hygiene in discussions with other team members.
• Act as a good role model for hand hygiene best practices. Those working beside or under your direction will follow your example.
• Discussing hand hygiene improvement at huddles and meetings.

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Posted by: Team Member on June 17, 2020
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