18 units share hand hygiene compliance honors for March

Congratulations to the following 18 units, which received the highest hand hygiene compliance scores for March: 5C, 7E, Brandon NICU, CCMU, CICU, CVC5 ICU, CVICU, MPU prep/recovery, Neuro ICU, radiology prep/recovery, SICU, SSS, TBICU, UH PACU, VV OR, VV PACU, EVS and PFANS.

All those teams will be added to the Infection Prevention & Epidemiology Hand Hygiene Honor Roll, along with the following units: 12E, 7B, PCTU, 11W, 8DNS, Adult ED, Pediatric ED, 4A, 8A, CVC OR, MSSU Maize, 12W, MSSU Blue, PICU, UH OR, 6C, 5A, portable imaging, Mott PACU, 7C, 6A, 4C, 7A, 7W, lab/phlebotomy, 6B, 8E, 4B, 5B, CVC 5, 8B, CVC PACU. 

Excellent hand hygiene is one of the best ways to protect yourself and patients from infections. Please encourage each other to wash hands and use “Clean-Remind-Thank”:

• Clean in and clean out of patient care areas
• Remind someone if they forget
• Say “thanks” if someone reminds you

To see the hand hygiene compliance numbers in your area, click here.