{"id":21880,"date":"2025-04-30T11:56:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T15:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/vipta\/?post_type=featured_training&#038;p=21880"},"modified":"2025-04-30T11:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T15:58:16","slug":"navigating-the-hand-hygiene-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"featured_training","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/vipta\/featured_training\/navigating-the-hand-hygiene-galaxy\/","title":{"rendered":"Navigating the Hand Hygiene Galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hand hygiene remains one of the most important \u2014 and powerful \u2014 actions we can take to protect patients and ourselves. This year, in honor of World Hand Hygiene Day on Monday, May 5, 2025, we\u2019re inviting you to chart a course for cleaner hands \u2014 and a healthier galaxy \u2014 with some stellar tools.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to Expect<\/strong>: To support your hand hygiene efforts this May, here are a few resources that are out of this world:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/5mgame.lxp.academy.who.int\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WHO Hand Hygiene Game<\/span><\/a><\/span>: Step into a futuristic hospital in space and stop the spread of infections by completing all five levels in this interactive, free training game.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/clean-hands\/hcp\/training\/index.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CDC Hand Hygiene Program Video Series<\/span><\/a><\/span>: A four-part educator video series built around the \u201c4 Es\u201d \u2014 Engage, Educate, Empower, and Evaluate \u2014 providing plain language tools and strategies to invigorate hand hygiene teaching.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2023\/01\/Hand-Hygiene-In-Service_General.ppt\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">VDH Hand Hygiene In-Service Slide Deck<\/span><\/a><\/span>: Ready-to-use PowerPoint training that covers essential hand hygiene practices will get you ready for training in the blink of an eye. It is one of many <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/haiar\/hand-hygiene\/\">VDH hand hygiene resources<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to Use These Resources:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Host a Hand Hygiene Challenge<\/strong>: Encourage staff to compete to complete all five levels of the WHO Hand Hygiene Game. Participants who complete the mission can be entered into a prize drawing \u2014 and help boost team engagement!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Inspire Champions with the CDC Video Series<\/strong>: Use CDC hand hygiene program videos to energize your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/viptc.vcu.edu\/i-want-to-teach\/chips\/\">Champions of Healthcare Infection Prevention<\/a><\/span> <\/span>(CHIP) and prep them to deliver quick, relatable education to peers. Turn everyday moments into hand hygiene wins across your facility.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Expand World Hand Hygiene Day into a Week with the VDH Slide Deck<\/strong>: Pull key slides to create daily huddles leading up to May 5th. A quick message each day builds momentum, keeps clean hands top of mind, and turns a single event into a weeklong celebration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No matter where your healthcare journey takes you \u2014 from bedside to breakroom \u2014 navigating the hand hygiene galaxy starts with clean hands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Target Audience<\/strong>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/vipta\/resource-library-definitions\/\">Essential IPC Education Level<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21881,"template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-21880","featured_training","type-featured_training","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Navigating the Hand Hygiene Galaxy - VIPTA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/vipta\/featured_training\/navigating-the-hand-hygiene-galaxy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Navigating the Hand Hygiene Galaxy - VIPTA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hand hygiene remains one of the most important \u2014 and powerful \u2014 actions we can take to protect patients and ourselves. 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