Texas Children’s Hospital Hygiene Work Group for the Central Line Acquired Bloodstream Infection, Hospital Acquired Conditions (CLABSI HAC) recently spearheaded a poster competition on the five moments of hand hygiene.
“Performing proper hand hygiene is our first line of defense in preventing hospital acquired infections,” said Mona Clark, assistant clinical director of Nursing (General Medicine and operational lead for the Hygiene Work Group. “Our organizational goal for hand hygiene is equal to or greater than 95 percent. Through collaboration with our infection control department and nursing, all ancillary care providers received education and training on the five moments of hand hygiene.”
To further engage and capitalize on the momentum of awareness and compliance for hand hygiene, the system-wide poster competition was created. Across the system there was a total of 28 outstanding posters submitted from Texas Children’s Medical Center Campus, Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus and Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands. Posters were placed at entrances to the units and clinical areas to be viewed by both staff and visitors.
Senior executive leaders from all campuses graciously participated as judges for the competition – Mark Mullarkey, Mary Jo Andre, Jackie Ward, Bert Gumeringer, Dr. Judith Campbell, Dr. Paul Sirbaugh and Dr. Jeffrey Shilt.
A first place winner was selected at each campus:
Medical Center Campus – 12WT General Medicine Transplant Unit poster “Now Showing the 5 Moments of Hand Hygiene”
West Campus – Emergency Center “Hand Hygiene Challenge”
The Woodlands Campus – Emergency Center “Be Incredible – They wash their hands”
“This fun competition further engaged our teams in working together to ensure we all perform proper hand hygiene for the safety of our patients and families,” Clark said. “Thank you all for participating. Our hand hygiene scores clearly reflect your dedication and hard work.”
