| Teleclass | (FREE South Pacific Teleclass - Broadcast live from the 2016 ACIPC conference) INFLUENCING DECISION MAKERS |
| Outline: | Broadcast LIVE from the 2016 conference of the Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control (www.acipc.org.au) Abstract .... A decision maker is a person who decides things, especially at a high level in an organization. Most decisions are made by the person who has the power to make decisions not necessarily the right person, the smartest person, or the best person. If you can influence the key decision makers in your organization, you can make a positive difference. The World Health Organization (WHO) Clean Care is Safer Care global programme is based around a change model. It fosters partnerships and coordinates activities as set out in its programme plan. By May 2016, more than 140 of the 194 United Nations member states had pledged their support to implement actions to reduce healthcare-associated infections, corresponding to 95% coverage of the world population. The finalized WHO Guideline on Hand Hygiene in Healthcare was launched in 2009 alongside a field-tested and validated multimodal improvement strategy. The strategy comprises five critical components: 1) system change; 2) healthcare workers training and education; 3) evaluation and performance feedback; 4) reminders in the workplace; and 5) promotion of an institutional safety climate. WHO has over this time coordinated more than 50 national campaigns and importantly launched the global annual healthcare worker call to action; the SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign to maintain a profile on hand hygiene action at the point of care. |
| Date | November 21, 2016 |
| Live broadcast time | 09:35-10:05am in Melbourne ... 5:35pm (November 20) in New York / Toronto |
| Faculty: | Prof. Didier Pittet, WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, The University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine |
| Notes: | Teleclass broadcast sponsored by Schulke Australia (www.schulke.com.au) |
| Payment: | (Free Teleclass) |
