{"id":21416,"date":"2024-05-02T10:17:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T14:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/vipta\/?post_type=featured_training&#038;p=21416"},"modified":"2024-05-02T10:17:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T14:17:39","slug":"may-5th-is-world-hand-hygiene-day","status":"publish","type":"featured_training","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/vipta\/featured_training\/may-5th-is-world-hand-hygiene-day\/","title":{"rendered":"May 5th is World Hand Hygiene Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">Mark your calendars because May 5th is no ordinary day\u2014it&#8217;s\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paho.org\/en\/campaigns\/world-hand-hygiene-day-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"12\">World Hand Hygiene Day<\/a><\/span>! It&#8217;s time to roll up our sleeves and celebrate the power of clean hands in keeping us all healthy. We know it&#8217;s not always easy to find the right tools to keep those hands squeaky clean. Fear not, because we&#8217;ve got your back with an exciting bundle of resources that&#8217;ll make hand hygiene a breeze!<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f<strong>\u00a0Toolkit:<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/apic.org\/patient-hand-hygiene-toolkit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"13\">APIC Toolkit for Patient Hand Hygiene<\/a><\/span><\/span><u><\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>About this resource:\u00a0<\/strong>This toolkit is an all-encompassing resource designed to empower healthcare professionals like you to champion hand hygiene practices among patients and residents.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Target Audience:\u00a0<\/strong>Foundational IPC education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\">\ud83d\udcfd\ufe0f<strong>\u00a0Video:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=awtSohETrQU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"14\">Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center \u2013 Hand Hygiene with Florence Nightingale<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u><\/u><strong>About this resource:\u00a0<\/strong>Get ready to be entertained and educated when Florence Nightingale comes to life to tell a memorable and short story on how to perform hand hygiene and why it matters in healthcare.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Target Audience:\u00a0<\/strong>Foundational IPC education level<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\">\ud83d\udcbb<strong>\u00a0Technology:<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyaudit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"15\">Speedy Audit<\/a><\/span><u><\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>About this resource:\u00a0<\/strong>Speedy Audit is a free resource to track and compile your hand hygiene audits. A 2023 study showed that using Speedy Audit reduced the amount of time to complete hand hygiene analysis when compared to a paper audit tool\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC9878022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"16\">(Libero, G., Bordino, V., Garlasco, J., Vicentini, C., &amp; Maria Zotti, C. 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