Most everyone in health care is familiar with the 4 Moments for Hand Hygiene – a simple and effective way to ensure safe, quality care and prevent infections in health-care settings.

Throughout March and April we invited you to offer your opinion on why the first moment – BEFORE initial patient/patient environment contact has 29% lower compliance in VCH hand hygiene audits than the after moment.

• The Mystery of the Missing Moment article and comments are here.

Winners

We also promised to draw two names from the comments and give away two $25 Visa gift cards!

Congratulations to:

• Barbara Faliszewski – Acute Medical Unit at VGH

• Karen Mok – Vancouver Community Audiology

Your next chance to win

What’s wrong with this picture? That ‘s the title of our next hand hygiene awareness event, taking place throughout May and June. Check the May 5 VCH News for a chance to win.

More information

For more hand hygiene information and resources, check out B.C.’s guidelines on the Provincial Infection Control Network (PICNet) website or the Hand Hygiene web page on VCH Connect.