Hand Hygiene Competency Assessment Form Frontline Staff V1 Dec 22

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hey everyone at CR thread sterner Sarang calm and in this video I want to demonstrate how to perform hand hygiene by using soap and water there are two ways a nurse can perform hand hygiene one way is through using soap and water and another way is through using an alcohol-based hand rub so when do you want to perform hand hygiene you would always want to perform hand hygiene before and after patient care after coming into contact was like a body fluid or an open womb or touching something close to the patient like a bedside table the hand railing on the bed or after removing your gloves before eating and after using the bathroom now when would you use soap and water versus the alcohol-based hand rubs well ing to CDC Gove's guidelines you would use soap and water when your hands are visibly dirty after known or suspected exposure to Clostridium difficile which is c-diff if your facility is experiencing an outbreak or higher endemic rates after known or suspected exposure to patients wi