Increasing Hand Hygiene Awareness and Auditing at Elim Village Hand hygiene is basic, simple and the most important initiative to prevent hospital acquired infections. Health care workers’ (HCWs) hands are the most common vector for organism transmission and, historically, HCWs have a low hand hygiene compliance rate of approximately 18% - 50% (British Columbia. Ministry of Health, 2012; Canada. Public Health Agency, 2012). In 2000, a UK report was released stating that nosocomial infections could be reduced by 15% if HCWs followed hand hygiene recommendations (Canada. Public Health Agency, 2012). Contaminated hands of HCWs continually touch a variety of substances and surfaces; within hours organisms can quickly spread through a health
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Its mission is to offer seniors an enriched quality of life in adherence to Christian values and beliefs (Elim Village, 2009). The change project, based in one of the complex residential care residences, will institute on-site certified hand hygiene auditors, educational tools, an updated hand hygiene policy, and other resources/visual reminders so that the facility meets the hand hygiene compliance requirements set forth by Accreditation Canada 2016.
This paper will explore some of the theory that was put into practice throughout the project. This includes an analysis of the course concepts of health promotion and teaching and learning, an outline of how Lewin’s change theory was used, as well as an exploration of the nurse’s role in influencing change and implications for future practice.
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To further highlight this, a study conducted by Huis et al. (2013), noted that hand hygiene strategies succeeded only when traditional strategies (i.e. workplace reminders, audits, training sessions) were supplemented with social influence and leadership components. Social influence components included setting norms and goals, establishing team sessions, empowering team members to speak up when poor hand hygiene is observed, and supporting each other to promote hand hygiene (Huis et al., 2013). Leadership components included addressing barriers to hand hygiene, actively and consistently motivating and encouraging team members to perform hand hygiene, and ensuring accountability (Huis et al., 2013). Thus a key strategy for the group was to ensure presence on-site on a weekly basis and work collaboratively with leaders/managers and staff to ensure that social and leadership components were being
Its mission is to offer seniors an enriched quality of life in adherence to Christian values and beliefs (Elim Village, 2009). The change project, based in one of the complex residential care residences, will institute on-site certified hand hygiene auditors, educational tools, an updated hand hygiene policy, and other resources/visual reminders so that the facility meets the hand hygiene compliance requirements set forth by Accreditation Canada 2016.
This paper will explore some of the theory that was put into practice throughout the project. This includes an analysis of the course concepts of health promotion and teaching and learning, an outline of how Lewin’s change theory was used, as well as an exploration of the nurse’s role in influencing change and implications for future practice.
Course …show more content…
To further highlight this, a study conducted by Huis et al. (2013), noted that hand hygiene strategies succeeded only when traditional strategies (i.e. workplace reminders, audits, training sessions) were supplemented with social influence and leadership components. Social influence components included setting norms and goals, establishing team sessions, empowering team members to speak up when poor hand hygiene is observed, and supporting each other to promote hand hygiene (Huis et al., 2013). Leadership components included addressing barriers to hand hygiene, actively and consistently motivating and encouraging team members to perform hand hygiene, and ensuring accountability (Huis et al., 2013). Thus a key strategy for the group was to ensure presence on-site on a weekly basis and work collaboratively with leaders/managers and staff to ensure that social and leadership components were being