For Health Professionals
Learning package
- The New Hand Hygiene: A Brief Overview
- What is Expected of Me ?
- With WHAT do I clean my hands ? Hand Hygiene Products
- WHEN should I clean my hands ? WHO's "5 Moments for Hand Hygiene"
- The 5 Moments: a quick-reference summary
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Want or need to improve ? These simple, painless tools can help "sharpen your game" ....
- Keeping Your Hands Healthy
Annual Compulsory Competency Package (Information & Quiz)
Every year, all clinical staff who have touch-contact with patients +/- their immediate environment, plus their managers, supervisors and educators, are required to complete the Wash Up Competency Package. This includes ALL
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Doctors
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Nurses & midwives
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Allied Health Professionals
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Theatre Technicians, Perfusionists, Transport Orderlies
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PSAs.
Every year, when you are due to repeat it, you will receive a reminder by email; on receipt, you are expected to complete it promptly. On passing, please retain / print off the confirmation notice. You should show it to the person in your department who records education issues.
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RCH STAFF: RCH Wash-Up Competency Package
- RWH STAFF: RWH Wash-Up Competency Package (NB: DO NOT do the test here on the Wash Up website - it will not be accepted. Only the Catalys test - link above - will be accepted)
Education Resources' for Healthcare Workers
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Powerpoint Presentation (Powerpoint 380 KB)
* The full online version of The Invasion of the Lurgy's - Spreading the word about hand hygiene is available only to RCH and RWH staff via the intranet. General information, pricing and ordering information is available for all other users.