Published: March 12, 2019
This social media toolkit has sample messages and graphics to help advocates spread the word on the importance of hand hygiene in healthcare settings.
TAGS: Trainings & ToolkitsAdvocacy Materials Hygiene in Health FacilitiesAdvocacy & Policy Advocates English 2019
Published: February 21, 2019
Ms. Maureen Banks, RN, DNP, MBA, NEA-BC, FACHE, is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nursing Executive of the Spaulding Rehab Network. She shared her experience leading Spaulding Hospital Cambridge to dramatically reducing infection rates through improvements in hand hygiene. Working to prevent infection […]
TAGS: Case Study Handwashing PromotionRx Hand HygieneHandwashing TechnologiesHygiene in Health Facilities English 2019
Published: January 9, 2019
Nkwan Jacob Gobte, BNS, MPH, is a nurse and Director of Baptist Training School for Health Personnel (BTSHP) Banso, and Infection Prevention Supervisor, Cameroon Baptist Health Services , International Ambassador for the Society for Health Care Epidemiology of America (SHEA). Nkwan Jacob is an international […]
TAGS: Case Study Rx Hand HygieneHygiene in Health Facilities
Published: December 13, 2018
In this video, set in Ndole Central Hospital, Zambia, we follow healthcare workers in two scenarios: caring for clients with and without hand hygiene. This resource highlights the steps in handwashing, and critical moments for hand hygiene in healthcare facilities.
TAGS: Multimedia Behavior ChangeHygiene in Health Facilities ImplementersAdvocatesEducatorsGeneral Public English 2016
Published: October 23, 2018
Access to improved WASH can help prevent the spread of healthcare-associated infections and allows healthcare staff to offer safe, clear, and desirable treatment and services to patients. Yearly, an estimated 15% of patients develop one or more infections during a hospital stay and that at any given […]
TAGS: Briefing Paper Hygiene in Health Facilities AdvocatesGeneral PublicImplementers 2018
Published: July 23, 2018
In this summary, we highlight the key messages and knowledge points from the roundtable discussion with partners and stakeholders on sustaining behavior and practices at the 41st WEDC conference.
TAGS: ResearchTrainings & Toolkits Hygiene in Health FacilitiesBehavior Change AdvocatesAcademicsImplementers English 2018
Published: April 26, 2018
This infographic introduces the key data on hand hygiene and sepsis in healthcare facilities, and shares practical steps to support health workers in the prevention of sepsis.
TAGS: ResearchAdvocacy MaterialsPresentation Hygiene in Health FacilitiesAdvocacy & PolicyIntegrationBehavior Change AdvocatesEducatorsAcademicsGlobal Handwashing Day PlannersGeneral PublicPolicy MakersImplementers English 2018
Published: February 28, 2018
This toolkit includes tools and resources to help hygiene advocates ensure that handwashing with soap is recognized as critical to health and development.
TAGS: Advocacy MaterialsPartnership DocumentsMultimediaTrainings & ToolkitsPresentation Hygiene in SchoolsHygiene in the WorkplaceHygiene in Health FacilitiesAdvocacy & PolicyIntegration Policy MakersImplementersAdvocatesEducatorsGlobal Handwashing Day PlannersGeneral Public English 2018
Published: October 12, 2017
This resource, a microsite, shares tools, perspectives as well as the USAID Maternal & Child Survival program expertise in the integration of WASH in quality of care improvement.
TAGS: ResearchMultimediaTrainings & Toolkits Maternal Newborn & Child HealthHygiene in Health FacilitiesIntegrationBehavior Change AdvocatesEducatorsGeneral PublicImplementers English 2017
Published: August 23, 2017
This fact sheet highlights the evidence on healthcare-related risks of poor hygiene and the critical components in the improvement of quality of care and reduction of negative outcomes of poor hand hygiene compliance in healthcare facilities.
TAGS: ResearchBriefing Paper Maternal Newborn & Child HealthHygiene in Health FacilitiesIntegrationBehavior Change Policy MakersImplementers English 2017
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