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- Interactive Training
- Slide Sets
- Posters
- Buttons
- Other Resources
Educational Resources
NEW! Patient Admission Video
- Hand Hygiene Saves Lives
This video, available in English and Spanish, teaches two key points to hospital patients and visitors to help prevent infections: the importance of practicing hand hygiene while in the hospital, and that it is appropriate to ask or remind their healthcare providers to practice hand hygiene as well.
Interactive Training
- Hand Hygiene Interactive Training Course
This course and promotional materials review key concepts of hand hygiene and other standard precautions to prevent healthcare-associated infections.
Educational Slide Sets w/ Speaker Notes (May 2003)
Core slides and accompanying speaker notes provide an overview of the Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings published in 2002.
- PowerPoint format MS PowerPoint Required (346KB / 27 slides)
- PDF format PDF (179KB / 27 pages)
- Slides without notes PDF (179KB/27 pages)
Supplement slides provides additional slides that may be used in conjunction with the core slide set.
- PowerPoint format MS PowerPoint Required (1.1 / 42 slides)
- PDF format PDF (460KB/42 pages)
Posters
29" x 19" high quality poster for placing throughout your facility. Shows bugs that can lead to infection and may be found on unclean healthcare worker's hands.
- Download English Version PDF (44KB/1 page)
- Download Spanish Version PDF (158KB/1 page)
- Order posters (Spanish/English) online free of charge.
Buttons
1.5" x 1.5" pinned shirt button
Order buttons online free of charge.
Other Resources
Hand Hygiene Resource Center (HHRC)*
Slide sets and educational aids from the St. Raphael Healthcare system and Dr. John Boyce - Leave CDC
* Links to non-Federal organizations found at this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.
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National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID)
Page last modified: Sept 29, 2008