CLEAN HANDS SAVE LIVES!” UCSF Medical Center and Children’s Hospital Hand Hygiene Campaign

Hand Hygiene Campaign for UCSF Medical Center and Children’s Hospital begins on 6/1/07. Please visit the Clean Hands website for more information and educational materials. (Note: This website is available only to the UCSF community.)

Hand Hygiene Policy

Hand Hygiene Resources

Click here to download the Hand Hygiene Observation Tool.

 

Skin Integrity Issues with New Hand Hygiene Products

Managers who receive staff reports of skin issues resulting from hand hygiene practice should use the attached checklist and guidelines to help address hand skin integrity issues. This document may be used for two purposes: 

1. To educate healthcare workers about the proper way to clean hands and preserve hand skin integrity.
2. For managers to evaluate staff adherence to hand skin integrity strategies when a healthcare worker reports breakdown in hand skin integrity.

If you have any questions, please contact HEIC or Occupational Health Services (885-7580).

 

If you have any questions, please contact HEIC or OHS.

	Videos that shows how to clean your hands using alcohol-based hand gel (Windows) (Macintosh) and soap and water (Windows) (Macintosh) Playing time is 51 seconds) Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Facilities, guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Hand Hygiene Resource Center, maintained by the Hospital of Saint Raphael