Australian infection control professionals have been remarkably successful in implementing hand hygiene programs.This workshop will address theoretical considerations about how to sustain these gains while addressing remaining challenges, and will also provide practical frontline examples.
Welcome
Prof Lindsay Grayson
Director HHA
A focus on hand hygiene auditors
Sustaining a hand hygiene auditor population
Susan Jain
Centre for Healthcare Epidemiology and Staff Services, Prince of Wales Hospital
Training Auditors to provide feedback
Kaye Bellis
Alfred Health, Victoria
Two key lessons from medical ward round audits
Dr Sarah Spaham
DHHS Victoria
Update from HHA
Useful updates for HHCApp
Karen Olsen
HHA
HHA Learning Management System
Kate Ryan
HHA
Promoting hand hygiene in specific groups and settings
Keynote speech – Medical Practitioners
Prof Didier Pittet
University of Geneva Hospitals
Contact dermatitis to hand hygiene agents: is it a problem?
A/Prof Rosemary Nixon
Skin & Cancer Foundation
Prevention and management of contact dermatitis in healthcare workers
Amanda Palmer
Skin & Cancer Foundation
Hand hygiene in Australian EDs: A work in progress
A/Prof Rhonda Stuart
Medical Director, Infection Prevention & Epidemiology, Monash Health
Hand Hygiene in Haemodialysis Happens Holistically
Carolyn Chenoweth
Quality and ICP Manager, Fresenius Medical Care
