Hand Hygiene Campaign
GMMH would like to invite you to join in the fight against Health Care Associate Infections (HCAI), as a new campaign is launched to encourage everyone to stop and clean their hands.
The campaign encourages staff, visitors and patients to practice quick and easy hand hygiene to reduce health care associated infections and help save lives. If we all work together, we can make difference.
About third of healthcare associated infections are preventable and the most effective way to do this is practicing good hand hygiene is the main way of reducing infections.
The campaign will focus on making everyone aware of the hand hygiene stations that we have at the hospital entrances and community centres, with eye catching posters featuring staff from across the Trust urging people to join the hand hygiene campaign.
There are alcohol gel dispensers and posters showing the seven steps of effective hand washing technique at ‘stations’ across the hospital.
Visitors to hospital and staff are encouraged use the hand sanitising gel every time they enter the ward, and before and after visiting patients. There are hand sanitising gel dispensers at the hospital entrances and at the entrance to every ward.
The hand gel provided in clinical areas works well against most viruses and bacteria. However, it does not kill some germs that cause diarrhoea, so use soap and water to clean your hands after using the toilet, before eating or drinking, handling medication or if your loved ones have diarrhoea. You should also wash with soap and water if they are visibly dirty.
Greater Manchester Mental health staff are encouraged to follow the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines for hand hygiene for healthcare staff, called the five moments for hand hygiene. The guidelines were developed by WHO to identify the moments during patient care when staff need to clean their hands to prevent healthcare associated infection (HCAI). Click HERE for more information.
