Guidance

Below are links to the key hand hygiene guidance publications. For additional hand hygiene guidance you may wish to visit the World Health Organization and Hand Hygiene Australia websites.

Implementation guide

• HHNZ implementation manual
• HHNZ auditing manual
• Guide to the surveillance of healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia
• HHNZ patient participation guidelines
• HHNZ communication toolkit
• HHNZ education toolkit 
• HHNZ resource kit for medical professionals
• Frontline ownership approach to hand hygiene quality improvement (watch a video of Michael Gardam's presentation and read the handout from his presentation)
• New Zealand Hand Hygiene programme: requirements to sustain improvement in a changing environment.

Instructions and troubleshooting guides

• How to use the Hand Hygiene Compliance Application (HHCApp)
• Frequently asked questions for the Hand Hygiene Compliance Application on mobile devices (Apple and Android) 
• Hand Hygiene Australia training site guide for logging-in

Gold auditor training resources

• For access to the Gold auditor training resources please contact HHNZ via: HHNZ@tewhatuora.govt.nz 

Forms and questionnaires

• Observational audit form
• Ward structure survey
• Hospital readiness survey
• Questionnaires about evaluating the tolerability & acceptability of alcohol-based hand rub questionnaires 1, 2 & 3