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HAND HYGIENE 

On any given day, 1 in 25 hospital patients has at least one infection they got from being in a health care setting, according to data from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The most effective way for hospitals to combat HAIs (also referred to as healthcare associated infections) is to stop them in their tracks before they start. Hand hygiene is one of the first lines of defense.

THIS checklist offers:

• The typical observation technique
• Real-time evaluation of hand hygiene practice
• Drives at improving staff knowledge
• Gathering from staff in an operational real-time setting the barriers they are encountering

Start improving hand hygiene now.