Infection Control and Hand Hygiene Guidelines in Healthcare Settings

Learn about Standard Precautions focusing on hand hygiene to prevent the spread of communicable diseases like Norovirus, MRSA, Influenza, E. coli, and C. difficile. Understand the importance of proper hand hygiene practices in healthcare facilities, such as washing hands with soap and water, using hand gel, and wearing gloves. Practice hand hygiene techniques and review ways to protect against contagious diseases.

• Infection Control
• Hand Hygiene
• Communicable Diseases
• Healthcare Facilities
• Preventative Measures

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1. Standard Precautions: Focus on Hand Hygiene Developed by the: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and Wisconsin Department of Health Services

2. Standard Precautions: Focus on Hand Hygiene Learning Points Review standard precautions and why they are important in your work Learn more about common communicable diseases in healthcare facilities Practice/review hand hygiene techniques

3. What are Standard Precautions? Ways of doing your work to prevent the spread of disease Name some common diseases that are bloodborne or spread through contact with people It is estimated that failure to practice proper hand hygiene is the #1 cause of the spread of disease in healthcare facilities.

4. Common Communicable Diseases in LTC* Norovirus MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) Influenza Escherichia coli (E. coli) Clostridium Difficile (C. diff) *and other health care settings

5. Hand Hygiene Plays a strong role in preventing the spread of communicable disease Hand hygiene includes washing with soap and water and also using hand gel When should a caregiver perform hand hygiene?

6. Activity: Practice Hand Hygiene Let s watch a brief video first: http://www.cdc.gov/cdctv/handstogether/ Practice using soap and water Practice using hand gel 6

7. More Information Soap vs. Hand Rubs Using Hand Lotion Fingernails Personal Protective Equipment: Gloves Wrap-Up/Learning Points Review Practice Standard Precautions. It s Contagious!

8. developed by The Wisconsin Caregiver Project UW Oshkosh Center for Community Development, Engagement and Training (CCDET) www.uwosh.edu/ccdet/caregiver