Just Clean Your Hands Training

presented by Ontario Hospital Association

Course name: Just Clean Your Hands Training
Course duration: March 25, 2008 - June 13, 2008
Location: See registration information below
Course code: DL660 through to DL673

**Please note that all remaining sessions are at capacity, however to accomodate those hospitals who have not been able to register to attend a session, one extra session will be offered (date to be confirmed). An email will be sent to those hospitals who have not participated in a session, providing further details next week. For further information please contact Karen Sequeira (ksequeira@oha.com).

During the Just Clean Your Handstraining sessions hospital teams will explore how the Just Clean Your HandsProgram can be used to implement a hand hygiene program in their own hospital or how elements of the program can be used to enhance their existing hand hygiene campaigns. It is strongly recommended that a multidisciplinary group attend the training session. Hospitals should send resources that will be able to cover the roles of trainer, implementation coordinator, and auditor.

Participants will then champion the Just Clean Your Hands Program in their hospitals. Training of front line healthcare providers on "when and how" to perform hand hygiene will be conducted by these training participants in their local settings.

Infection Prevention and Control programs and practices are on the radar. One essential component is developing effective hand hygiene practices. T

he Canadian Council on Health Services (CCHSA) has a Required Organizational Practice (ROP) for hospitals to show that they track infection rates, analyze data, and deliver education and training to staff and providers on hand hygiene.

Improving hand hygiene can decrease transmission of infections, reduce costs, and save lives.

The Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC) has now launched the

Just Clean Your Hands

Program

Ontario has been working collaboratively with provincial, national and global experts to develop an evidence based, multifaceted hand hygiene program to support hand hygiene improvements in hospitals. The

Just Clean Your Hands

Program was successfully pilot tested in 10 Ontario Hospitals from December 2006 to August 2007.

How do hospitals learn how to implement Ontario’s

Just Clean Your Hands

program?

The OHA is partnering with the MOHLTC to deliver train-the-trainer sessions on the components of the

Just Clean Your Hands

Program. The training is formatted as a “train- the-trainer” model and will be an evening and one full day with a goal of training participants on how to implement the evidence-based hand hygiene program within their hospital facility.

All Ontario hospitals are invited and encouraged to send up to three participants to “train-the–trainer sessions that begin at the end of March.

Select three participants to attend the evening and full day training session.

These participants will then champion the

Just Clean Your Hands Program

and provide training to others in your facility.

The individuals selected to attend should cover the roles of trainer, observer and implementation coordinator. It is strongly recommended that a multidisciplinary group attend the training sessions.

There is no cost to the hospitals/participants and all travel and expenses for one night’s accommodation will be reimbursed by the Project. Meals during the training session will also be provided (dinner, breakfast, and lunch).

Participants

must

For the schedule of the training sessions and the agenda, please see below.

	City	Location	Training Date
1	Kingston	Ambassador Conference Resort, 1550 Princess Street Hotel Phone Number: 1-800-267-7880 Room Reservation Code: 10100	March 25 - 26, 2008	Register
2	Peterborough	Holiday Inn, 150 George Street North Hotel Phone Number: 1-888- 465 4329 Room Reservation Code: OHA	March 27 - 28, 2008	Register
3	Sudbury	Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, 50 Brady St. Hotel Phone Number: 1-800-461-1144 Room Reservation Code: OHA	April 1-2, 2008	Register
4	London	Four Points by Sheraton, 1150 Wellington Road South Hotel Phone Number: (519) 681-0680 Room Reservation Code: OHA	April 3 - 4, 2008	Register
5	Toronto (East)	Delta Toronto East, 2035 Kennedy Road Hotel Phone Number: 1-800-663-3386 Room Reservation Code:	April 7 - 8, 2008	Register
6	Thunder Bay	Valhalla Inn, 1 Valhalla Inn Road Hotel Phone Number: 1-800-964-1121 Room Reservation Code: OHA	April 15 -16, 2008	Register
7	Timmins	Cedar Meadows, 1000 Norman Street Hotel Phone Number: 1-877-207-6123 Room Reservation Code: No Code Available	April 22 - 23, 2008	Register
8	Mississauga	Four Points by Sheraton Toronto Airport West, 6090 Dixie Road Hotel Phone Number: (905) 670-0050 Room Reservation Code: OHA	April 24 - 25, 2008	Register
9	Kenora	Best Western Lakeside Inn, 470 1st Avenue S Hotel Phone Number: 1-800-465-1120 Room Reservation Code: OHA	April 28 - 29, 2008	Register
10	Barrie	Holiday Inn, 20 Fairview Road Hotel Phone Number: (705) 728-6191 Room Reservation Code: OHA	May 6 - 7, 2008	Register
11	Ottawa	Minto Suite Hotel, 185 Lyon Street North Hotel Phone Number: 1-800-267-3377 Room Reservation Code: 297302	May 14 -15, 2008	Register
12	Owen Sound	Best Western Inn on the Bay, 1800 2nd Avenue E Hotel Phone Number: 1-866-719-9200 Room Reservation Code: OHA May 20 & 21	May 20 - 21, 2008	Register
13	Hamilton	Sheraton Hamilton, 116 King Street West Hotel PhoneNumber: 1-888-627-8161 Room Reservation Code: No Code Available	May 26 - 27, 2008	Register
14	Toronto (Central)	Renaissance Downtown Toronto, 1 Blue Jays Way Hotel PhoneNumber: 1-800-237-1512 Room Reservation Code: No Code Available	June 12 -13, 2008	Register

Agenda

Faculty

Location

Additional Information

To register on-line: Registration is now closed. Please contact the registrar for further information.

Contact for further information:
Karen Sequeira
Consultant, Patient Safety and Clinical Best Practice,
Ontario Hospital Association
200 Front Street West, Suite 2800
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3L1
Phone: (416) 205-1328
Fax: (416) 205-1340
ksequeira@oha.com