General HHQI project information

Project name

Hand Hygiene Quality Indicators

Project abbreviation

HHQI

Request code

HD0269

Primary organization that oversees implementation of project

• Vlaams Instituut voor Kwaliteit van Zorg (VIKZ)

Partner organization participating in project

• Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance (Sciensano)

Organization that commissioned this project

• Vlaams Instituut voor Kwaliteit van Zorg (VIKZ)

Organization providing monetary or material support

• Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance (Sciensano)

Brief project description

BELOW TO BE ADAPTE FOR VIKZ:

The national campaign is aimed at 1) all healthcare workers / healthcare providers / caregivers who have direct contact with patients in hospitals (both acute, rehabilitation and psychiatric hospitals) and 2) hospitalized patients and their families. The campaign normally consists of two main parts:

• the actual sensitization of health care workers and patients on the basis of the
  campaign material; and
• the evaluation of the impact of the campaign based on the measurement before (normally) and after the sensitization phase of:
  • the hand hygiene compliance of healthcare workers through direct observation,
  • the consumption of hand alcohol and
  • compliance with basic hand hygiene requirements (optional).

The sensitization is multimodal. The sensitization combines a number of strategies:

• an audit with feedback (normally feedback of the results of the measurement of the compliance pre-campaign),
• training for healthcare workers,
• promotion of hand alcohol,
• involving the patient,
• sensitization of healthcare providers,
• involvement of managers and management.

For the realization of the campaign, the development of the campaign material and the training tools, the 'Recommendations on hand hygiene during care' were based on, as in each case, the Superior Health Council (SHC) and the 'WHO Guidelines on hand hygiene in health care'.