Angiography team wins Hand Hygiene Award for 2022!

Congratulations to the Angiography team for excellent Hand Hygiene audit results in 2022! Nurse Manager Michelle Parks and the team received the Hand Hygiene trophy for last year and a basket full of goodies from our trophy sponsor SC Johnson.

Hand Hygiene is central to preventing the spread of infections especially in the healthcare setting. Three times a year, the hospital submits Hand Hygiene audit data into the National Hand Hygiene Initiative, and each clinical area are required to submit at least 100 ‘moments’ which are how many times hand hygiene is completed (or not) and observed by the trained auditor, which is over 300 moments each year.

The Angiography team submitted 511 audits with a compliance rate average for the year of 91.2%, which is well above the national benchmark of 80%! This award recognises the area who achieved the highest Hand Hygiene compliance, as well as the minimum number of moments audited in the time periods. It demonstrates consistent, excellent hand hygiene protecting patients, the caregivers and the environment from the spread of infection.

Well done on great results, Angiography! Keep up the amazing work!