Date/Time
Date(s) - 14 Oct 2012 until 20 Oct 2012
All Day
This annual event provides infection prevention and control with the opportunity to showcase their activities to minimise risk to patients of healthcare associated infections.
You could have competitions, promotions, education sessions, information stands as some ideas on how to promote the importance of infection prevention and control in your organisation.
The web site provides ideas and information on how to get started or participate.
Go to http://iipw.site.apic.org/ to see the range of activities and resources offered.
For locally suggested ideas and resources and online learning packages that you could use to promote hand hygiene go to http://www.hha.org.au/
In addition, 15 October 2012 is Global Handwashing Day for anyone who has a hospital, school or children as patients this may be a useful link. For more information on this initiative go to http://www.globalhandwashing.org/