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Environmental Cleaning Top 10

Check out this fact sheet - have these items made it to your Top 10 Cleaning List?  Be sure to visit the RICN provincial pages for the following:

Environmental Cleaning Toolkit
Environmental Cleaning P&P

EC Discussion Board
Bleach Dilution Calculator

Calling All History Buffs!

 

Have you ever wondered what an Infection Control Committee Agenda may have looked like in medieval times?  In the February 2012 edition of AJIC, authors Smith, Watkins, & Hewlett discuss infection control through the ages, breaking down IPAC practices for four time periods:  medieval, early modern, progressive, and post-World War II.  SWOICN has summarized Smith et al's article in an interactive timeline

 


 
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What stage of Just Clean Your Hands (JCYH) implementation has been reached in your organization?

Preliminary JCYH awareness
Staff training on using the 4 Moments
Auditing of 4 Moments compliance
Report back of hand hygiene compliance rates
Evaluation of JCYH in your facility