October 15th to the 21st is International Infection Prevention Week! Established in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan, International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW) focuses on the importance of infection prevention in saving lives. So what is one of the best ways to prevent infection? Handwashing! Handwashing to prevent the spread of infection is key, especially in healthcare settings.
During International Infection Prevention Week, we want to encourage your healthcare team to wash their hands properly with our 5 moments of hand hygiene poster!
Download the 5 moments of hand hygiene poster here
Healthcare workers need to wash their hands at many crucial moments throughout the day to prevent the spread of infection. In our 5 moments of hand hygiene blog we go over in detail the times throughout the day that healthcare workers need to wash their hands to prevent the spread of infection. Read that blog and use this poster to help teach and reinforce when staff should perform a hand hygiene event for infection prevention! To further help you educate your healthcare team on the importance of good hand hygiene we’ve also put together a handwashing kit full of educational tools and activities - You can download it here.