Programme. European Hand Hygiene Excellence Award & Innovation Award 2013

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1 Programme European Hand Hygiene Excellence Award & Innovation Award 2013

2 Message from the Award Chairman The WHO First Global Patient Safety Challenge Clean Care is Safer Care was launched in October 2005 to heighten awareness of the need to combat healthcare-associated infection to decrease patient suffering and increase patient safety. Seven years later, 129 countries around the world have pledged their support and over 40 countries and regions have initiated hand hygiene campaigns. The SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands annual global campaign was launched in 2009 and is a natural extension of the Clean Care is Safer Care work. On 5 May each year, the campaign aims to mobilize countries to focus on one aspect of hand hygiene promotion. The call to action for 5 May 2012 was create your action plan based on your facility s results using the WHO Hand Hygiene Self- Assessment Framework. More than healthcare facilities from 160 countries responded to this call, representing more than 13 million healthcare workers and almost 4 million beds. Our vision is to aim now for the participation of at least facilities by To pursue these objectives, the University of Geneva Hospitals WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety in conjunction with the European Infection Control Societies and Aesculap Academy would like to invite you to participate in the European Hand Hygiene Excellence Award. The Award is conceived as a platform to recognize, honour, and celebrate those hospitals and healthcare worker groups who have used their enthusiasm and knowledge to improve patient safety through the successful implementation of the WHO multimodal strategy in their healthcare facility. Another prize, the European Hand Hygiene Innovation Award, has now been created to stimulate creativity and novel solutions to promote improved compliance and sustainability in hand hygiene practices among the best healthcare facilities. Professor Didier Pittet Director Infection Control Programme & WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety University of Geneva Hospitals Geneva, Switzerland

3 Expert Review Panel Prof. Didier Pittet (Chair) Director Infection Control Programme & WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland External Lead, First Global Patient Safety Challenge Clean Care is Safer Care and SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands, External Advisor, African Partnerships for Patient Safety Dr. Benedetta Allegranzi Technical Lead, First Global Patient Safety Challenge Clean Care is Safer Care, WHO Patient Safety Programme, Geneva, Switzerland Prof. Petra Gastmeier Director, NRZ (National Reference Centre for Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections), Department of Infection Control and Environmental Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany Head of the German national hand hygiene programme Aktion Saubere Hände Ms. Claire Kilpatrick International expert on infection prevention and control; WHO consultant; and Infection Prevention Society board member Former Programme Manager, Clean Care is Safer Care, WHO Patient Safety Programme, Geneva, Switzerland Dr. Maria Luisa Moro, Italy Head, Infectious Risk Unit, Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regione Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Italy Coordinator of the Italian national campaign Clean Care is Safer Care and the national healthcare-associated infections surveillance systems Prof. Anne Simon Head, Infection Control Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium Head of the Belgian national hand hygiene programme Vous êtes en de bonnes mains (U bent in goede handen) Prof. Andreas Voss Head, Infection Control, Canisius Wilhemina Ziekenhuis, Nijmegen, and Professor of Infection Control, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Prof. Andreas Widmer Head, Infection Control Department, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Task Force Member Clean Care is Safer Care and Safe Surgery Saves Lives of the WHO Patient Safety Programme

4 About the Award Objectives The Award was developed to identify and recognize hospitals demonstrating excellence in health care quality according to the following criteria: 1. Embracing the 5 elements of the WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy: System change Training / education Evaluation and feedback Reminders in the workplace Institutional safety climate 2. High utilization of the tools in the Guide to the Implementation of the WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy. 3. Success of implementation initiatives through objective evaluation against the performance indicators as detailed in the WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care. 4. Creativity and innovation in the local implementation of the multimodal strategy. 5. Taking a leadership role to help and support other institutions in their implementation of hand hygiene campaigns. 6. Use of the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework (available at to monitor progress and sustainability of hand hygiene promotion at their institution The Awards Two categories of award will be given based on the following assessment criteria: 1. The European Hand Hygiene Excellence Award. The hospital that best applies all 5 elements of the multimodal strategy and showing sustained improvement for more than 2 years. 2. The European Hand Hygiene Innovation Award. The hospital that best demonstrates creativity and innovation in implementation in any of the 5 elements of the multimodal strategy, i.e. education, reminders, etc. Two representatives from the winning hospitals will be honoured during the 2 nd International Conference on Prevention & Infection Control (ICPIC) to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from June They will receive a return economy class air ticket, hotel accommodation for 3 nights, and complimentary registration to the conference.

5 About the Award Information for Participants 1. Participation is free of charge and open to all European hospitals that have adopted the implementation of the WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy to raise hand hygiene awareness in their institutions. Hospitals must be registered at: 2. How to apply? Please register at: 3. Upon receipt of your registration, instructions will be provided on how to enter the competition. Hospitals will be required to complete a self-evaluation form and submit all supporting documents demonstrating the aforementioned criteria. 4. Closing date for submission for 2012: 31 January : 31 January After the closing date, the Expert Panel will review all submissions and select the finalists. Two experts from the panel will then pay an audit visit to all the finalists. During the visit, the expert delegation will be available to the finalists to discuss and provide advice related to ongoing efforts, sustainability, and outcome measures. The laureates will be selected after completion of the audit assessment.

6 More About Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève The University of Geneva Hospitals (HUG) is one of Switzerland s leading hospital complexes. As a publicly-owned medical institution, the HUG has a three-fold mission, to deliver healthcare, teaching and research. Relying on the quality and safety of its health care, the HUG is able to enhance clinical performance thanks to outstanding technical facilities (MRI, PET-CT, cyclotron, robotic surgery, cardiac digital imaging, etc.). To increase its influence at both a national and international level, it develops partnerships with other university hospitals, faculties and polytechnics worldwide. The HUG also promotes a close collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) by developing programmes in the following fields: Education in chronic diseases Health and the ageing process Immunization and vaccination Humanitarian actions Research and training in mental health Breast-feeding In 2005, the HUG has been designated by the WHO as a centre of reference for the prevention of health care-associated infections (nosocomial infections). This recognition rewards an institutional prevention strategy and 10 years of endeavour. This strategy has been developed since 1995 at the HUG, where it reduced the rate of nosocomial infections by 50 % and clearly revealed the link between the promotion of hand hygiene and the reduction of healthcareassociated infections. The WHO has specifically entrusted the management of its patient safety programme, the First Global Patient Safety Challenge, to Professor Didier Pittet, Director of the HUG infection prevention and control programme. HUG has been designated a WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety (Infection Control and Improving Practices) in 2008.

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