The Ferrybank Primary Care Centre (serving Waterford and South Kilkenny) was the location this week for a launch and demonstration of the HES’s national "RESIST" hand hygiene campaign.
The HSE Dublin and South East Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Nursing Team organised and promoted the RESIST Day, which aims to support and educate staff on Hand Hygiene and promote Anti-Microbial Resistance and Infection Control (AMRIC) and “RESIST”.
Staff based in the Ferrybank Primary Care Centre participated in the RESIST rollout, in a day of activities that included spot prizes, quizzes and distribution of promotional item.
RESIST is a brand for a number of hand hygiene and infection prevention and control initiatives under the HSE Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control Programme (AMRIC). One of these initiatives is a rollout of the RESIST hand hygiene awareness programme. The programme promotes a combination of hand hygiene training with standardised national training materials.
Hand hygiene has been at the forefront of all of the initiatives that the HSE has been implementing to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The RESIST campaign is to refresh the HSE’s hand hygiene messages and to keep promoting the importance of clean hands.
The Ferrybank Primary Care Centre opened in July 2022. The centre facilitates co-location for a multidisciplinary group of health and social care professionals to deliver primary care services to the local population. There is also a GP practice and pharmacy in the centre.
Speaking in the Ferrybank Primary Care Centre, Aimee Dever (Infection Control Specialist/Waterford, HSE) said:
“Cleaning your hands properly, at the correct time, when delivering care to our residents/patients, is the most effective way to stop the spread of many infections, including COVID-19. When healthcare workers like doctors, nurses and carers keep their hands clean, they help prevent the spread of serious healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs). These are infections that can happen in any healthcare service. The RESIST Day brings the AMRIC educational modules and Infection Prevention and Control training to the forefront of the service, with a positive result for all.”
“HSE community healthcare services have an excellent record in hand hygiene but we are always looking to improve our standards. The RESIST programme will help us to do that and we are delighted to have the Ferrybank Primary Care Centre feature in the roll-out.”
Pamela Landers (Clinical Nurse Specialist) added:
"Staff, patients and their companions/visitors as the case may be, all have a role to play to help stop the spread of Healthcare Associated Infections and join the superbug resistance. This programme will help each service it is rolled out in to refresh and energise its hand hygiene approach and our Link Practitioner and Infection Control Nurses will be supporting them to do that".
Last updated on: 25 / 10 / 2024
