Post on 28-Dec-2015
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Making Hand Hygiene as Natural as
Breathingx
Past Successes & New Goals of the Provincial Program2012 Co-Chair, Provincial Hand Hygiene Working Group
& Regional Manager, Infection Prevention, Northern Health
2013 Co-Chair, Provincial Hand Hygiene Working Group& Director of Patient Safety, BC Ministry of Health
Deanna Hembroff
Brian Sagar
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Background2010:
Office of the Auditor General.
Formation of Provincial Hand
Hygiene Working Group.
Clinical Care Management (CCM)
priority area.
Successes
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2012: Provincial policy
issued. Best practice doc
issued. Auditing in acute
care sites.
Successes
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2012: Public reporting.
Aggregate data.
Occupational results (Annual).
Results to Date Provincial
compliance
rate = 70%
Three year
goal = 80%
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Lessons Learned
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Implementing a provincial program requires: Philosophy of evidence-based care. Multidisciplinary collaboration of experts. Sub-working groups to manage large
work volume. An effective Secretariat. Regular integration of feedback from
front-line workers.
Lessons Learned
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Implementing a provincial program requires: Early engagement with consistent Ministry
representative who understands the
history & rational of decisions. Province-wide participation on working
groups. Effective internal communication. Flexibility.
Where Next..?
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Auditing of residential &
long-term care.
Facility-level public
reporting.
Clinician, staff &
patient engagement.
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Thank You.
Questions? Comments?