CRMH Hand Hygiene Champions- Thank you 7SICU and 4th Floor OR

May 5th was World Hand Hygiene Day. You may not realize this, but our hand hygiene compliance numbers are collected by a dedicated army of people throughout the hospital who collect this data in addition to doing their usual jobs. While we ask that each department and nursing unit submit at least 40 observations per month, it is a challenge and often we fall short of the target.

We have several dedicated areas that have consistently submitted more than what is asked. In fact, the 2 areas with the most observations actually collected over 10% of the total data for Q1 2020 and I would like to issue a thank you to them.

I hope you will join me in thanking the 4 south OR and 7S CCU for their commitment to helping ensure that we are giving the best possible care to our patients. I would also like to mention that not only did they monitor compliance, but they also approached and reminded those who missed cleaning their hands, protecting both patients and staff from the spread of infection.

I know that it can difficult to find the time to watch for and document whether people are cleaning their hands but you have gone above and beyond for us and the work did not go unnoticed.