Protect your patients from infection. Most healthcare-associated infections are preventable through proper hand hygiene [1]. Included here is information to help you increase infection prevention efforts through improved hand hygiene practices.

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How to wash with soap and water.

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Tools & Resources

Patient empowerment as a hand hygiene strategy This article from Infection Control Today (ICT) references the hesitancy of patients to voice their concerns to healthcare workers concerning hand hygiene.  View more patient resources

Hand Hygiene: Why, How & When? This informative brochure from the WHO provides an overview on the importance of hand hygiene. Be sure to check it out. View more provider resources

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[1] WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care. Available at: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/44102/1/9789241597906_eng.pdf. Accessed on October 26, 2015.

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This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for California, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy. Publication No. CA-11SOW-ASC-05092017-01