Hand Hygiene Practices

Hand Hygiene Practices at Travancore Medical College, Kollam. Kerala. India: 

Hand Hygiene Practices at Travancore Medical College, Kollam. Kerala. India Dr.T.V.Rao MD Professor of Microbiology Dr.T.V.Rao MD

User instructions: 

User instructions This presentation is provided to assist Hand Hygiene Co-ordinators to communicate with health-care workers to: advocate good hand hygiene explain the “My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene” approach outline their facility’s Action Plan to improve hand hygiene The slides are a sample template that the Co-ordinator might wish to adapt in line with information specific to their country or facility Slides may be deleted to condense the presentation according to the time allocation or the knowledge of the audience During any presentation, discussion should be encouraged to achieve an optimal understanding of the messages The presenter may decide to use “props” to aid in conveying messages, including bottles of alcohol-based handrub If all slides are used in full, a minimum timeframe of one hour will be required to complete the session

Overview of the Session: 

Overview of the Session This session will: Set the scene for the continued need to advocate for good hand hygiene in health care HCAI places a serious disease burden and significant economic impact on patients and health-care systems Good hand hygiene – the simple task of cleaning hands at the right times and in the right way saves lives Explain the My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene approach There are 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene in health care Global compliance with My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene approach is universally sub-optimal Outline the Action Plan The Programme formulated with vision to Improve the Hygienic and Health Standards at Travancore Medical College, Kollam, Kerala India.

Definition: 

Definition Health Care-associated Infection (HCAI) Also referred to as “nosocomial” or “hospital” infection “ An infection occurring in a patient during the process of care in a hospital or other health-care facility which was not present or incubating at the time of admission. This includes infections acquired in the health-care facility but appearing after discharge, and also occupational infections among health-care workers of the facility ”

Definitions: 

Definitions Hand hygiene Performing hand washing, antiseptic hand wash, alcohol-based hand rub, surgical hand hygiene/antisepsis Hand washing Washing hands with plain soap and water Antiseptic hand wash Washing hands with water and soap or other detergents containing an antiseptic agent Alcohol-based hand rub Rubbing hands with an alcohol-containing preparation Surgical hand hygiene/antisepsis Hand washing or using an alcohol-based hand rub before operations by surgical personnel Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-care Settings. MMWR 2002 ; vol. 51, no. RR-16.

HCAI: The worldwide burden: 

HCAI: The worldwide burden Estimates are hampered by limited availability of reliable data The burden of disease both outside and inside health-care facilities is unknown in many countries No health-care facility, no country, no health-care system in the world can claim to have solved the problem

So Why All the Fuss About Hand Hygiene?: 

Most common mode of transmission of pathogens is via hands! So Why All the Fuss About Hand Hygiene? Dr.T.V.Rao MD 7

The impact of HCAI: 

HCAI can cause: more serious illness prolongation of stay in a health-care facility long-term disability excess deaths high additional financial burden high personal costs on patients and their families The impact of HCAI Dr.T.V.Rao MD 8

Estimated rates of HCAI worldwide: 

Estimated rates of HCAI worldwide At any time, over 1.4 million people worldwide are suffering from infections acquired in health-care facilities In modern health-care facilities in the developed world: 5–10% of patients acquire one or more infections In developing countries the risk of HCAI is 2–20 times higher than in developed countries and the proportion of patients affected by HCAI can exceed 25% In intensive care units, HCAI affects about 30% of patients and the attributable mortality may reach 44%

Why Hand Washing: 

Why Hand Washing “ Hand washing is generally considered to be the most important measure in preventing the spread of infection.” “Hands should be washed before significant contact with any patient and after activities likely to cause contamination.”

The impact of HCAI: 

The impact of HCAI HCAI can cause: more serious illness prolongation of stay in a health-care facility long-term disability excess deaths high additional financial burden high personal costs on patients and their families

Most frequent sites of infection and their risk factors: 

Most frequent sites of infection and their risk factors LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS Mechanical ventilation Aspiration Nasogastric tube Central nervous system depressants Antibiotics and anti-acids Prolonged health-care facilities stay Malnutrition Advanced age Surgery Immunodeficiency 13% BLOOD INFECTIONS Vascular catheter Neonatal age Critical care Severe underlying disease Neutropenia Immunodeficiency New invasive technologies Lack of training and supervision 14% SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS Inadequate antibiotic prophylaxis Incorrect surgical skin preparation Inappropriate wound care Surgical intervention duration Type of wound Poor surgical asepsis Diabetes Nutritional state Immunodeficiency Lack of training and supervision 17% URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS Urinary catheter Urinary invasive procedures Advanced age Severe underlying disease Urolitiasis Pregnancy Diabetes 34% Most common sites of health care- associated infection and the risk factors underlying the occurrence of infections LACK OF HAND HYGIENE

Prevention of health care-associated infection : 

Prevention of health care-associated infection Validated and standardized prevention strategies have been shown to reduce HCAI At least 50% of HCAI could be prevented Most solutions are simple and not resource-demanding and can be implemented in developed, as well as in transitional and developing countries

SENIC study: Study on the Efficacy of Nosocomial Infection Control: 

SENIC study: Study on the Efficacy of Nosocomial Infection Control >30% of HCAI are preventable With infection control -31% -35% -35% -27% -32% Without infection control 14% 9% 19% 26% 18% LRTI SSI UTI BSI Total Relative change in NI in a 5 year period (1970–1975) 0 10 20 30 -40 -30 -20 -10 % Haley RW et al. Am J Epidemiology 1985

Hand transmission: 

Hand transmission Hands are the most common vehicle to transmit health care-associated pathogens Transmission of health care-associated pathogens from one patient to another via health-care workers’ hands requires 5 sequential steps

5 stages of hand transmission: 

5 stages of hand transmission Germs present on patient skin and immediate environment surfaces Germ transfer onto health-care worker’s hands Germs survive on hands for several minutes Suboptimal or omitted hand cleansing results in hands remaining contaminated Contaminated hands transmit germs via direct contact with patient or patient’s immediate environment one two three four five

Why should you clean your hands?: 

Why should you clean your hands? Any health-care worker, caregiver or person involved in patient care needs to be concerned about hand hygiene Therefore hand hygiene concerns you ! You must perform hand hygiene to: protect the patient against harmful germs carried on your hands or present on his/her own skin protect yourself and the health-care environment from harmful germs

The “My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene” approach: 

The “My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene” approach

Indications for Hand Hygiene: 

Indications for Hand Hygiene When hands are visibly dirty, contaminated, or soiled, wash with non-antimicrobial or antimicrobial soap and water. If hands are not visibly soiled, use an alcohol-based hand rub for routinely decontaminating hands. Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-care Settings. MMWR 2002 ; vol. 51, no. RR-16.

Specific Indications for Hand Hygiene: 

Specific Indications for Hand Hygiene Before: Patient contact Donning gloves when inserting a CVC Inserting urinary catheters, peripheral vascular catheters, or other invasive devices that don’t require surgery After: Contact with a patient’s skin Contact with body fluids or excretions, non-intact skin, wound dressings Removing gloves Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-care Settings. MMWR 2002 ; vol. 51, no. RR-16. Dr.T.V.Rao MD 20

How to clean your hands: 

How to clean your hands Handrubbing with alcohol-based handrub is the preferred routine method of hand hygiene if hands are not visibly soiled Handwashing with soap and water – essential when when hands are visibly dirty or visibly soiled (following visible exposure to body fluids) 1 1 If exposure to spore forming organisms e.g. Clostridium difficile is strongly suspected or proven, including during outbreaks – clean hands using soap and water

How to hand rub: 

To effectively reduce the growth of germs on hands, hand rubbing must be performed by following all of the illustrated steps. This takes only 20–30 seconds! How to hand rub

How to hand wash: 

How to hand wash To effectively reduce the growth of germs on hands, hand washing must last 40–60 secs and should be performed by following all of the illustrated steps

Hand hygiene and glove use: 

Hand hygiene and glove use The use of gloves does not replace the need to clean your hands! You should remove gloves to perform hand hygiene, when an indication occurs while wearing gloves You should wear gloves only when indicated (see the Pyramid in the Hand Hygiene Why, How and When Brochure and in the Glove Use Information Leaflet) – otherwise they become a major risk for germ transmission

Compliance with hand hygiene: 

Compliance with hand hygiene Compliance with hand hygiene differs across facilities and countries, but is globally <40% 1 Main reasons for non-compliance reported by health-care workers 2 : Too busy Skin irritation Glove use Don’t think about it 1 Pittet and Boyce. Lancet Infectious Diseases 2001; 2 Pittet D, et al. Ann Intern Med 1999

Time constraint = major obstacle for hand hygiene: 

Time constraint = major obstacle for hand hygiene Adequate hand washing with water and soap requires 40–60 seconds Average time usually adopted by health-care workers: <10 seconds Alcohol-based hand rubbing: 20–30 seconds

A consensus-based, tested improvement strategy now exists : 

A consensus-based, tested improvement strategy now exists WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy Field tested in eight pilot centres and over 350 additional health-care facilities worldwide Based on the recommendations of the WHO Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Health Care 5 core components; 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene

What is the WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy?: 

Based on the evidence and recommendations from the WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care (2009), a number of components make up an effective multimodal strategy for hand hygiene What is the WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy? ONE System change Access to a safe, continuous water supply as well as to soap and towels; readily accessible alcohol-based hand rub at the point of care TWO Training / Education Providing regular training to all health-care workers THREE Evaluation and feedback Monitoring hand hygiene practices, infrastructure, perceptions and knowledge, while providing results feedback to health-care workers FOUR Reminders in the workplace Prompting and reminding health-care workers FIVE Institutional safety climate Creating an environment and the perceptions that facilitate awareness-raising about patient safety issues

Hand Care also includes: 

Hand Care also includes Nails Rings Hand creams Cuts & abrasions “Chapping” Skin Problems Dr.T.V.Rao MD 29

Other Aspects of Hand Hygiene: 

Other Aspects of Hand Hygiene Do not wear artificial fingernails or extenders when having direct contact with high-risk patients, such as those in intensive care units or operating rooms. IA Keep natural nail tips less than ¼ inch long. II Wear gloves when it can be reasonably anticipated that contact with blood or OPIM, mucous membranes, and non-intact skin will occur. IC

Realistic targets for improvement : 

Realistic targets for improvement Targets should be realistic If baseline compliance is 20%, it is unrealistic to set a target of 60% after 1 year of an intervention Targets are dependent upon the necessary hand hygiene infrastructures being in place <Note: WHO Patient Safety has a global target of year on year improvements / sustaining the gains up to 2020>

Tools available to help you improve hand hygiene at <insert facility name> (1): 

Tools available to help you improve hand hygiene at <insert facility name> (1) WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care (2009): Present the evidence for hand hygiene improvement Facility/Country-specific Guidelines Education Sessions and Training Films Hand Hygiene: When and How Leaflet

Many countries worldwide are committed to improve hand hygiene : 

Many countries worldwide are committed to improve hand hygiene Curent statu, March 2009 You are part of a global movement! Countries committed in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 Countries planning to commit in 2009

Let the Message of Hand Washing spread to our Family Members too: 

Let the Message of Hand Washing spread to our Family Members too

PowerPoint Presentation: 

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Areas Most Frequently Missed: 

Areas Most Frequently Missed HAHS © 1999

The Global Hand washing Day: 

The Global Hand washing Day The Global Hand washing Day took place for the first time on October 15, 2008, the date appointed by UN General Assembly in accordance with year 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation

Summary: 

Summary HCAI places a serious disease burden and significant economic impact on patients and health-care systems Good hand hygiene – the simple task of cleaning hands at the right times and in the right way – saves lives There are 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene in Health Care Global compliance with the My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene approach is universally sub-optimal Dr.T.V.Rao MD professor of Microbiology and all the staff at Travancore Medical College, Kollam, Kerala India . Have initiated an Action Plan to improve hand hygiene and reduce infection We need the support of all Faculty and Staff to make a Infection free Hospital

Further information…: 

Further information… Contact < Dr.T.V.Rao MD, Professor of Microbiology, Travancore Medical College, Kollam, Kerala. India doctortvrao@gmail.com Visit the SAVE LIVES : Clean Your Hands website at: www.who.int/gpsc/5may/en/