Clean your hands
The cleanyourhands campaign is a national initiative in England and Wales to improve the hand hygiene of healthcare workers and help reduce the spread of preventable healthcare associated infections.
North Tyneside PCT has chosen to participate in the cleanyourhands campaign as all our staff take infection seriously and are committed to keeping our patients as safe and healthly as possible.
The cleanyourhands campaign aims to:
- Raise awareness of the need for good hand hygiene practice amongst healthcare workers
- Raise awareness of the importance of hand hygiene amongst patients and encourage them to ask staff if they have cleaned their hands before treatment
- Help tackle preventable healthcare associated infections
It does this by enabling staff to clean their hands at the right time and in a quick and effective manner through the provision of alcohol handrubs where care is provided; providing environmental prompts to remind staff to clean their hands; involving patients, and providing supporting tools and resources to assist local implementation and engagement of staff at all levels.
Hand hygiene is one of the most basic procedures to help prevent the spread of infections. When staff clean their hands before and after they touch a patient they remove the microorganisms which can cause infections.
We hope you will support us in the campaign by asking staff if they have cleaned their hands before you receive any treatment.
If you have any questions please contact Adrian Dracup, cleanyourhands co-ordinator, on 0191 2919306 or email Adrian.dracup@northtyneside-pct.nhs.uk. You can also visit the clean your hands website for more information about the campaign and its aims.
