Hand Hygiene Audits
NEWSLETTER
NEWSLETTER
Quality Improvement Report: Hand Hygiene
Awareness Campaign Update
Hand Hygiene Audits: HVH tracks whether our facility is meeting an acceptable standard of hand hygiene through anonymous observation of the 5 moments for hand hygiene.
Our Hand Hygiene Awareness Campaign is well underway! HVH’s January hand hygiene audit has shown a great improvement with our overall compliance rate. Nationally, the hand hygiene compliance rate is an average of 38.7% across the health care sector. Harbour View Haven is currently at 75% with a goal of 85% for our next audit in the late spring. We will continue to provide coaching and education to all departments, residents, and visitors; working as a collective to reach our goals and continue practicing good hand hygiene.
Hilltop Highlights and Events
May Events
Food Services is planning a special Mother’s Day on May 10th
Update on Mealtimes at HVH Resident Council has voted in unanimous favor during the March meeting to move the larger meal from lunch time to supper time. This was implemented and residents are enjoying the change based on the majority of feedback collected so far. Special holiday meals will be scheduled for lunches as specified. ~ Food Services Team
Our annual Painted Lady Butterfly project will commence again this spring. We anticipate receiving our Painted Lady caterpillars during the last week of May. We will watch their transition from caterpillars to butterflies, and then release them into the garden park in early June. Stay tuned for details!