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Hand Hygiene in the Perioperative Setting
1.0 Contact Hours

Introduction
Hand hygiene, including hand washing and surgical hand scrubs, are the most effective way to prevent and control infections and represent the least expensive means of achieving both. Prevention of health care-associated infections is a priority of all health care personnel. Health care-associated infections can result in untoward outcomes such as escalating cost of care, increased morbidity and mortality, longer length of stay, as well as the pain and suffering a patient may experience.

The term hand hygiene is used to describe all measures related to hand condition and decontamination. Decontamination of hands can be done by one or more methods:

• hand washing using
  • soap and water,
  • antiseptic and water, or
  • antiseptic hand rub if visible soil is not present; or
• surgical hand scrub using
  • water-aided brushless surgical antiseptics;
  • waterless, brushless surgical antiseptics; or
  • traditional surgical hand scrub using a sponge.4,5

Purpose
This activity will teach perioperative nurses to optimize patient care practices through proper hand hygiene to help prevent and control infections.

Objectives

1. Describe the most effective hand hygiene methods to prevent infections during surgery.
2. Describe competency assessment for effective hand hygiene in the perioperative setting.
3. Describe policy development for effective hand hygiene in the perioperative setting.

Course Requirements
To receive 1 contact hour for this course, you must achieve mastery of the content and submit an evaluation as instructed at the end of the course. This course contains 34 questions.

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Accreditation
AORN is an accredited provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on accreditation.

AORN is provider-approved by California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 13019.

This program is approved for 1 hour of AEU credit by BASC Provider #0102.

Disclosure Information
AORN’s policy is that the subject matter experts for this product must disclose any financial relationship in a company providing grant funds and/or a company whose product(s) may be discussed or used during the educational activity. Financial disclosure will include the name of the company and/or product and the type of financial relationship, and includes relationships that are in place at the time of the activity or were in place in the 12 months preceding the activity. Disclosures for this activity are indicated according to the following numeric categories:

1. Consultant/Speaker’s Bureau
2. Employee
3. Stockholder
4. Product Designer
5. Grant/Research Support
6. Other relationship (specify)
7. Has no financial interest

Subject Matter Experts

Marisa Tapia, RN, MSN,CNS
Perioperative Educaton Specialist
AORN
Denver, CO

Joan C. Blanchard, RN,BSN,MSS,CNOR,CIC
Perioperative Nursing Specialist
AORN
Denver, CO