Hand Hygiene New Zealand
This page provides resources and guidance to support effective hand hygiene in healthcare settings
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Hand Hygiene New Zealand (HHNZ) is a national quality improvement programme aimed at reducing healthcare-associated infections through improved hand hygiene practices.
This page provides resources and guidance to support effective hand hygiene in healthcare settings.
| Title | Description | Link to Document |
| Observational audit form | Hand Hygiene New Zealand observation data collection form | Audit form [PDF, 65 KB] |
| Hand Hygiene Compliance auditing - desktop and mobile | Links to the Hand Hygiene auditing apps for desktop and mobile | |
| Hand Hygiene - Online training modules - Ringa horoia mātauranga |
Link to online learning for the ‘5 Moments for Hand Hygiene’, the WHO approach utilised by Hand Hygiene NZ. New Zealand healthcare workers, across many different professional groups, have access to online modules through a collaboration between Hand Hygiene NZ and Hand Hygiene Australia. |
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| Hand Hygiene - Gold auditor training resources |
For access to the Gold auditor training resources please contact Hand Hygiene NZ via: HHNZ@tewhatuora.govt.nz |
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| Instructions for logging in to Hand Hygiene Australia training site |
Instructions for logging in to the Hand Hygiene Australia training site to access the online learning modules. |
Guide to logging into Hand Hygiene Australia website [DOCX, 603 KB] |
| Hand Hygiene auditing manual (June 2019) |
This is a practical ‘how to’ guide to hand hygiene auditing as part of a quality improvement programme. It is primarily intended for inpatient settings such as district health boards and private surgical hospitals. |
Manual for Hand Hygiene NZ Auditing (November 2019) [PDF, 2.3 MB] |
| Hand Hygiene implementation guidelines |
This document provides a practical guide to implementing the Hand Hygiene New Zealand programme within the regions. |
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| Compliance Database Instructions (November 2019) |
This presentation outlines how to use the Hand Hygiene Compliance Application for auditors. |
Hand Hygiene Guide for Auditors (October 2016) [PPTX, 2.5 MB] |
| Patient participation guidelines |
The patient participation guidelines are designed to assist district hand hygiene coordinators to develop and implement a hand hygiene patient participation programme as one component of their overall multi-modal hand hygiene programme. |
Hand Hygiene NZ Patient Participation Guidelines [PDF, 208 KB] |
| Education toolkit |
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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| Resource kit for medical professionals |
The Hand Hygiene New Zealand resource kit for medical professionals has been developed for hospital-based medical professionals to use to educate and drive hand hygiene improvement within their service. |
Hand Hygiene NZ Resource Kit for Medical Professionals [PDF, 427 KB] |
| HHNZ questionnaire: evaluating the tolerability and acceptability of alcohol-based hand rug |
These three documents are parts one, two and three of a questionnaire about evaluating the tolerability and acceptability of alcohol-based hand rub among health care workers. |
Part 1: Evaluating the tolerability and acceptability of ABHR [DOC, 801 KB] Part 2: ABHR - Evaluating the tolerability and acceptability of ABHR [DOC, 812 KB] Part 3: Evaluating the tolerability and acceptability of ABHR [DOC, 800 KB] |
| New Zealand Hand Hygiene programme: requirements to sustain improvement in a changing environment |
This poster outlines the essential requirements to sustain a successful national hand hygiene programme. It was presented at the international conference on prevention and infection control, Geneva, Switzerland 10–13 September 2019. |
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| Instruction and troubleshooting guides |
Frequently asked questions for the Hand Hygiene Compliance Application on mobile devices |
Hand Hygiene Australia - Mobile device troubleshooting instruction guide (external link) |
| Hand Hygiene New Zealand ward structure survey |
Hand Hygiene New Zealand ward structure survey document. |
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| Hand Hygiene New Zealand hospital readiness survey |
Hand Hygiene New Zealand hospital readiness survey document. |
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| Poster: 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene |
Poster for display in clinical areas to educate staff on the five moments of hand hygiene |
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| Poster: How to Hand Wash and Hand Rub |
Poster for display in clinical areas to educate staff on how to perform effective hand hygiene |
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