The document discusses the importance of hand hygiene in patient safety, highlighting its status as a key intervention. It details types of hand hygiene practices including antiseptic handwash, antiseptic hand rub, and surgical antisepsis, alongside indications for each. The document also outlines the 'five moments of hand hygiene' necessary for effective practices.

1. NURSING
STATION
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2. HAND HYGIENE
PART- 1

3. INTRODUCTION
• CLEAN CARE IS SAFER CARE. ( SLOGAN OF 1ST GLOBAL PATIENT
SAFETY CHALLENGE, 2005 )
• PATIENT SAFETY DAY – 17TH SEPT. 2019 1ST TIME CELEBRATED.
• THEME:- PATIENT SAFETY:- A GLOBAL HEALTH PRIORITY.
• SLOGAN:- SPEAK UP FOR PATIENT SAFETY.
• FATHER OF HANDWASHING:- DR. IGNAZ ( 1847 )

4. • HAND HYGIENE CAN BE DONE BY ANYONE AND ANYWHERE.
• IT IS SINGLE LINE INTERVENTION TOWARDS PATIENT SAFETY.
• IMPORTANT TERMINOLOGY
A) ANTISEPTIC HANDWASH :- PROCESS OF HAND WASHING BY USING SOAP AND
WATER.
B) ANTISEPTIC HAND RUB :- USE OF ANTISEPTIC HAND RUB TO REDUCE OR INHIBIT
GROWTH OF MICROORGANISMS WITHOUT NEED OF EXOGENOUS WATER.

5. C) SURGICAL ANTISEPSIS :- PROCESS OF USING ANTISEPTIC HANDWASH OR HAND
RUB PREOPERATIVELY BY SURGICAL TEAM MEMBERS TO ELIMINATE TRANSIENT
FLORA AND TO REDUCE RESIDENT FLORA.
D) TRANSIENT FLORA/ BACTERIA:- PRESENT SUPERFICIALLY
E) RESIDENT FLORA/ BACTERIA :- PRESENT IN STRATUM CORNEAM OF SKIN.

6. INDICATIONS FOR HAND WASH AND HAND
RUB
• HAND WASH :- USING SOAP AND WATER
- VISIBLY SOILED HANDS, DIRTY, AFTER USING TOILET.
- EXPOSURE TO SPORE FORMING PATHOGENS.
• HAND RUB :- USING ABHR ( ALCOHOL BASED HAND RUB ) SOLUTION.
- HANDS ARE NOT VISIBLY SOILED.
* DO NOT USE SOAP WATER AND ABHR AT SAME TIME.

7. FIVE MOMENTS OF HAND HYGIENE
• SEQUENCE IS IMPORTANT.
1. BEFORE TOUCHING THE PATIENT.
2. BEFORE CLEAN, ASEPTIC PROCEDURE.
3. AFTER EXPOSURE TO BODY FLUIDS.
4. AFTER TOUCHING THE PATIENT.
5. AFTER TOUCHING THE PATIENT SURROUNDING.