title: Organising an awareness week to target hand hygiene practice.
abstract: When an audit of hand hygiene practice in an NHS trust revealed room for improvement, a strategy was developed to address the issue. An awareness week has been organised to launch the strategy and to take the message about the importance of hand hygiene to all hospital staff, patients and visitors in innovative and engaging ways. This article reports on the organisation of the awareness week.
authors.affiliation: Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, London.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dentith
authors.forename: Tracey
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shelmerdine
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004739:England; D006235:Hand Disinfection / Q000592:standards; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008402:Mass Media; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D016730:Program Development; D013664:Teaching Materials; D014789:Visitors to Patients / Q000193:education*