1. Hand Hygiene What should you do and what do we do?

3. Ability of Hand Hygiene Agents to Reduce Bacteria on Hands 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 0 60 180 minutes 0.0 90.0 99.0 99.9 log % Bacterial Reduction Alcohol-based handrub (70% Isopropanol) Antimicrobial soap (4% Chlorhexidine) Plain soap Time After Disinfection Baseline

4. When washing hands with soap and water use this technique

7. Use this technique to clean your hands when using alcohol gel Squirt once or twice into the palm of your left hand Dip your right hand fingers into the gel making contact with your left palm Transfer the remaining gel into your right palm Dip your left hand fingers into the gel making contact with the right palm Then rub the remaining gel all over your hands, make sure you rub the backs of your hands too. 1 2 3 4 5 6

9. This shows how the hand hygiene of our staff has improved over time… … but we could do better and we are continuing to work at it.