Just Clean Your Hands – Hospitals
Educating health care providers in hospitals about why, when and how to clean their hands is an important component of the Just Clean Your Hands (JCYH) program. This page provides important resources for hand hygiene programs in hospitals including educational background resources, as well as promotional materials and tools to support implementing hand hygiene programs.
Many of the resources on this page are specifically from the JCYH program that was launched by the Ministry of Health in 2008. This page also contains PHO and other organization’s resources that are important to supporting implementing hand hygiene programs.
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JCYH print resources are no longer available through ServiceOntario
Resources are now available for download only on our website. For more information, please contact handhygiene@oahpp.ca or your Regional IPAC Support Team.
Education for Health Care Providers
- Your 4 Moments for Hand Hygiene
- The Science Behind Just Clean Your Hands
- PIDAC Hand Hygiene Fact Sheet for Health Care Settings
- Hand Care Program
- Hand Care Assessment
- FAQ: Four Moments of Hand Hygiene (PHO resource)
- FAQ: Glove Use and Hand Hygiene (PHO resource)
- Checklist: How to Protect Your Skin (PHO resource)
Promotional Material
- Your 4 Moments Pocket Card
- Your 4 Moments for Hand Hygiene Poster
- Poster Series - Your 4 Moments for Hand Hygiene
- Point of Care Prompt
- How to Handwash Poster (8.5 x 11)
- How to Handwash Mini Poster
- How to Handrub Poster (8.5 x 11)
- How to Handrub Mini Poster
- Caring For Your Hands poster (PHO resource)
Hand Hygiene Product Placement
- Point-of-Care Placement
- At A Glance: Hand Hygiene Product Placement (PHO resource)
- Checklist: Hand Hygiene Product Placement (PHO resource)
- Checklist: Maintenance of Hand Hygiene Products and Equipment (PHO resource)
Monitoring & Observation (Auditing)
- How to Become a Just Clean Your Hands Observer
- Hand Hygiene Compliance Observation and Analysis
- Observation Tool Form
- On-the-Spot Feedback Tool
Observation and Analysis Excel Tool
Note: Please make sure you read the instructions carefully before using the tool.
Senior Management Support and Program Leadership
- A Quick Guide to Just Clean Your Hands
- Full Implementation Guide
- 5 Steps to Implementation
- Sample Implementation Plan
- Facility Level Situation Assessment
Patient Engagement
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