12 12a Environmental Cleaning

Infection Prevention Solutions

Alcohol hand rub should be allowed to evaporate before donning gloves to avoid the risk of dermatitis.

Footnote:

NHS England & NHS Improvement has published a national hand hygiene policy which can be found here:

https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/4957/National_policy_on_hand_hygiene_and_PPE_ 2.pdf

The contents of this local policy reflect the content of the national policy and in addition provide useful guidance to staff on other aspects of hand hygiene.