Only 10 half day registrations left for the Antibiotic Allergy in Practice Workshop #AAPW18 in Melbourne on 3rd November! Prof Elizabeth Phillips from Vanderbilt Health the international speaker! Austin Health @the_shpa ASIDANZ NCIC Hand Hygiene Aus

Hand Hygiene and impacts on patient outcomes, including SAB ⁦Hand Hygiene Aus⁩ ⁦Austin Health⁩ thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

Well this is really good news! Congratulations to the Hand Hygiene Aus and Austin Health teams behind this initiative - and this research in The Lancet Infectious Diseases

.The Lancet Infectious Diseases Significant sustained improvement in #HandHygiene compliance and a decline in the incidence of healthcare-associated Staph. aureus bacteraemia associated with the #implementation of national #HandHygiene program Hand Hygiene Aus thelancet.com/journals/lanin… #IP2018

Congratulations to everyone who has participated in the #NHHI and worked to improve #handhygiene in your hospital - this is the difference it has made to #patientsafety The Lancet Infectious Diseases thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

Our article was also accompanied by an editorial - you can find it here #handhygiene #blueprint #NHHI thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

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Congratulations to everyone who has participated in the National Hand Hygiene Initiative and worked to improve hand hygiene in your hospital - this is the difference it has made to patient safety!... thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

"For every 10% improvement in hand hygiene compliance, there was an associated 15% reduction in the rate of Golden Staph blood-stream infection," says Prof Lindsay Grayson, about his research in prestigious journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases bit.ly/2NUrdkN Hand Hygiene Aus

An 8-year longitudinal study by Hand Hygiene Aus found reductions in Golden Staph blood-stream infection were linked to improvements in hand hygiene – a 10% improvement in hand hygiene compliance led to 15% reduction. Learn more: ow.ly/G9Ue30mqdSG #NHHI #infectionprevention

Congratulations to our director Prof Lindsay Grayson, recipient of the Allen Yung Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching of Infectious Diseases! #ForbesWeek18 Austin Health

Director of Hand Hygiene Aus Prof Lindsay Grayson receiving the Allen Yung Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching of Infectious Diseases at #ForbesWeek18 Infectious Diseases at Austin Health Austin Health

Thank you to everyone who attended the annual Hand Hygiene Aus workshop this afternoon at #acipc2018

Antibacterial efficacy of #handrubbing - Our new study shows that 15 seconds of hand rubbing,with a hand-size customized volume of #ABHR, was non-inferior to 30 seconds both globally and for all pre-specified subgroups (type of bacteria, E. coli & S.aureus sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Australian National Hand Hygiene Audit Data has been released for Audit 3 2018. Check it out here: hha.org.au/audits/nationa… hha.org.au/audits/nationa…

World Health Organization (WHO) will launch a global survey on the current status of progress of #InfectionPrevention programmes and #HandHygiene activities in health care facilities which will be launched in the context of the annual World Health Organization (WHO) #HandHygiene global campaign 5 May 2019 who.int/infection-prev…

A great opportunity for our colleagues in the Aged Care sector.

HHA Director Prof. M. Lindsay Grayson was appointed a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List today. It is a privilege to have Prof. Grayson as our leader and to be inspired by his dedication to the improvement of #handhygiene across Australia.

HHA have some exciting news.....Hand Hygiene Learning modules for community members coming soon m.youtube.com/watch?feature=…

Happy Hand Hygiene Day for 2020! This year's events have been pivotal in showing the importance of Hand Hygiene, not just in healthcare, but in life in general. Please utilise the World Health Organization (WHO) #HandHygiene materials to assist in hand hygiene promotion who.int/infection-prev…