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A practical guide to auditing hand hygiene compliance in New Zealand hospitals.

For Hand Hygiene Day this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) calls on everyone to be inspired by the global movement to achieve universal health coverage.

National hand hygiene compliance report for the period of 1 November 2018–31 March 2019.

National hand hygiene compliance report for the period of 1 July–31 October 2018.

National hand hygiene compliance report for the period of 1 July–31 October 2016.

Findings from the August 2016 survey conducted in district health boards (DHBs) to gain a better understanding of their approach in delivering the HHNZ programme.

The Hand Hygiene New Zealand education toolkit has been developed to provide district health board hand hygiene coordinators, champions and others, with a range of ideas and activities for delivering hand hygiene education to health care workers.

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This document provides a practical guide to implementing the Hand Hygiene New Zealand programme within DHBs in New Zealand.

Having clean hands before and after contact with patients is one of the most important things health care workers can do to prevent infections. In this video clinicians discuss the '5 moments for hand hygiene' and why hand hygiene is important.