and prevention outcomes are hand hygiene. Hand hygiene education was completed acted upon, evaluated, and which included a visual hand washing audit of this unit reported to relevant resulting in staff achieving a compliance result of 55%. As a personnel and management result of the additional cases being identified and extra in a timely manner. precautions activated again the moments of hand hygiene’ ‘5 audit was developed and implemented which includes focus not only on hand hygiene but the availability and utilisation of personal protective equipment by staff. Several audits were completed over the following months with varied results, resulting in further education, new equipment (hand gel dispensers), and staff were encouraged to ensure that all protective equipment and resources were restocked regularly in all areas and utilised. The moments of hand hygiene’ ‘5 audit in May 2016 had a compliance of 37%. Following further discussions with staff the audit was again completed achieving compliance of 100% for handwashing. In regards to stocking of equipment the audit findings were 73.5%. At time of audit there have been no further cases of MRSA identified within the unit. Ongoing education continues and is discussed at all relevant meetings. End of the report.
and prevention outcomes are acted upon, evaluated, and reported to relevant personnel and management in a timely manner. hand hygiene. Hand hygiene education was completed which included a visual hand washing audit of this unit resulting in staff achieving a compliance result of 55%. As a result of the additional cases being identified and extra precautions activated again the ‘5 moments of hand hygiene’ audit was developed and implemented which includes focus not only on hand hygiene but the availability and utilisation of personal protective equipment by staff. Several audits were completed over the following months with varied results, resulting in further education, new equipment (hand gel dispensers), and staff were encouraged to ensure that all protective equipment and resources were restocked regularly in all areas and utilised. The ‘5 moments of hand hygiene’ audit in May 2016 had a compliance of 37%. Following further discussions with staff the audit was again completed achieving compliance of 100% for handwashing. In regards to stocking of equipment the audit findings were 73.5%. At time of audit there have been no further cases of MRSA identified within the unit. Ongoing education continues and is discussed at all relevant meetings. End of the report.
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