Infection Prevention & Control Program Hand Hygiene

This app is a list of hand hygiene specific infection-related items that must be assessed during the on-site survey, in order to determine compliance with an Infection Control Program.

Items are to be assessed by a combination of observation, interviews with hospital staff, patients and their family/support persons, review of medical records, and a review of any necessary infection control program documentation. The interviews should be performed with the most appropriate staff person(s) for the items of interest, as well as with patients, family members, and support persons.

Use this disease control app to prevent the spread of infectious diseases and promote patient safety through standard precautions involved with hand hygiene. Reduce the risk of disease and improve patient care. In the healthcare setting, prevent infections and the spread of germs and communicable disease for each patient through infection prevention practices promoted by this app. Take these reasonable precautions to lower infection rates of patients in your healthcare facility.