Hospital to get involved in hand hygiene campaign
Friday 2nd October 2009
NHS Lanarkshire's Monklands General Hospital is taking part in a new initiative to promote hand hygiene.
According to the Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser, the facility has positioned a number of six-foot high cardboard cut-outs on its premises, which warn visitors and staff to stop and clean their hands.
It is part of a series of campaigns being run by NHS Lanarkshire to emphasise the importance of hygiene as it seeks to reduce infections.
Nurse consultant Jan Clarkson commented: "A number of HAIs (healthcare associated infections) can be prevented by cleaning our hands properly and these cut-outs, together with other initiatives introduced, will promote good hand hygiene habits and save lives."
Hand hygiene has been high on the agenda for hospitals for a number of years, with a national programme launched to raise awareness across Scotland in January 2007.
Health Protection Scotland, which was behind the initiative, claimed it was the first of its kind in the UK.
Written by Angela Newbury
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