KRS Website: Infection Prevention & Control: Hand Hygiene

AHS Hand Hygiene Practice Resources

Hand Hygiene
Alberta Health Services. Links to policy, procedure, and other guidance documents.

SHEA/IDSA/APIC Practice Recommendation: Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene: 2022 Update.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Feb 8.
Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2019
WHO SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands
World Health Organization. 2019
Information about Hand Hygiene
Infection Prevention and Control Canada. 2020
Best Practices for Hand Hygiene in All Health Care Settings
Public Health Ontario (PIDAC), 2014. Updated IPC information on hand hygiene across the continuum of care. Additional tools and checklists available.
Hand Hygiene Practices in Healthcare Settings
Public Health Agency of Canada, 2012.
Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Materials to support hand hygiene initiatives, including the Clean Hands Count program.
WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care
Wold Health Organization, 2012. Thorough review of evidence on hand hygiene in health care and specific recommendations to improve practices.

“Clean Your Hands Day”
Clean Your Hands Day, led by Healthcare Excellence Canada and supported by partners, is being conducted in conjunction with the World Health Organization’s SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign.
Just Clean Your Hands (JCYH) Ontario Campaign
Public Health Ontario. Education, training and tools to support hand hygiene in acute and long term care.