30 2020 BAYCREST IMPACT
Earlier this year, Baycrest's Infection Prevention and Control Department
rolled out a campus-wide Hand Hygiene Simulation Training program.
This program takes a direct, practical "hands-on" approach aimed at
reinforcing the 4 Moments of Hand Hygiene.
Simulation training was the selected approach because this particular
format has been used at Baycrest in the past with great success. The
popularity of this training is largely due to its focus on interactive
learning in a simulated care environment where nurses, doctors and
allied health professionals have a chance to practice hand hygiene in
small group settings. It is a safe environment where making errors is
not frowned upon. On the contrary, mistakes in training are encouraged,
as having peers catch and correct one's errors directly contributes to
knowledge retention.
The standard environment was simulated on the units with a patient
(played by an Infection Control Practitioner), patient environment
(training room), personal protective equipment (PPE), sanitizing hand
rubs and various pieces of patient equipment.
HAND HYGIENE
SIMULATION TRAINING
