HAND HYGIENE ENGAGING PATIENTS FOR SAFE CARE

Abstract

The objective was to describe the hand hygiene promotion strategies carried out by a hospital infection control team in the Northern Region of Ceará, involving patients, companions and family members. Descriptive, experience report, exploratory study developed in a unit of the largest hospital in the interior of the Northeast Region. The activities were carried out throughout the month of October 2023, executing the “Mãos Limpas” project in three stages. Initially, everyone involved was trained in hand hygiene on all three shifts. They were then instructed on the rules of this project and finally all companions, patients or family members had to write on small paper hands the name of the professional they observed performing adequate hand hygiene at the appropriate times and deposit it in the urn visibly located on the counter. sector. All patients and professionals from the multidisciplinary team participated. In total, 291 hands were deposited. There was interest in the topic, increasing involvement between the multidisciplinary team and patient.