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FEATURED VIDEO: GOJO 2023 APIC Symposium – One Hospital’s Journey Implementing an Automated Hand Hygiene Monitoring System

Doreen Dutchak, Assistant Vice President of IP and Safety Officer at Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey. Denise and her team have been critical to the success of their health system’s safety journey, including a focused effort on improving hand hygiene system-wide to support their drive toward High Reliability.

During this symposium, you will learn how IPs at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center & Children’s Hospital of New Jersey collaborated with the C-suite and senior leadership to elevate hand hygiene as a priority in their journey toward High Reliability by implementing an AHHMS in all inpatient units. Doreen will share struggles and successes along the way, including guiding everyone through the difficulty of accepting a much lower compliance rate as measured by AHHMS and driving momentum around the project, even after a difficult pandemic journey.

Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss critical considerations for making a substantial investment in hand hygiene from the perspective of the C-suite.
  • Describe the process for preparing the organization for large-scale change and engaging management, front-line staff and key stakeholders.
  • Discuss the comprehensive support plan that was successfully established at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
  • Review common challenges and roadblock on the AHHMS journey, strategies for overcoming them, and how to maintain momentum throughout the years-long journey


 

Automated Hand Hygiene Compliance Monitoring: What Does the Evidence Say?

The current “gold standard” for hand hygiene compliance is direct observation. However, there has been awareness of the limitations this method has for decades. This presentation will provide an overview of the published evidence surrounding AHHMS and look at best practices and future opportunities.

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