A challenge to any Hand Hygiene program is sustainability. Due to staff
turnover, relocations and large numbers of student placements at Austin
Health, we encountered some problems ensuring all health care workers
are adequately educated about DeBug use and other aspects of infection
prevention. In response to this challenge an interactive learning package
was developed and made available through the hospital intranet.
Austin Health Executive approved a Hand Hygiene policy mandating the completion
of the learning package by all health care workers. Current health care
workers complete the learning package through a systematic targeted approach
involving recruitment of program representatives who are responsible for
monitoring the completion of the package. Nursing students are also required
to complete the package before their placements at Austin Health.
 Staff from Austin Health should complete the package on a hospital computer
(Intranet) for their details to be registered. Go to: Austin Health Intranet/Departments/Infection
Control then select the hand.
Hand Hygiene
credentialling of all health care workers at Austin Health
by the end of the year 2003!
View
the document here. (pdf 35kb)
Click on each of the Talking Walls posters for a closer look.
These
images are protected under copyright, please contact Austin Health
for permission to use.
To assist in informing staff about the program and feeding back
results rapidly, a number of pamphlets have been designed. Click
on the links below to see examples on:
1. Brief introduction
to the DeBug™ Infection Prevention Program (pdf
98kb)
2. MRSA (pdf
107kb)
3. Product interventions
(pdf 95kb)
View the news story about DeBug™ shown on SBS Television:
Real Media
Windows Media Player
To keep staff updated, a "Cleaning
Rag" newsletter was developed and attached to health care worker's
pay slips. Here is an example of other material that could be attached
to payslips and used when commencing your Infection Prevention campaign.
These have been designed as a series of double sided hands, to be
folded around payslips. Please feel free to contact us if you would
like more information.
   
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