As shown in Figure 2, the video depicts an older man (PwD) washing his hands in the bathroom with successive audio, picture, and video prompts from COACH, delivered only as needed, if the man experiences difficulty progressing to the next correct step of hand-washing.
A multimedia visual package on steps of hand washing was presented together with a reward system, whereby a number of stars were earned each week depending on the quality of hand washing.
Participants noticed a rapid memorization by the targeted audience of the seven steps of hand hygiene.
a)Internal audit for the medical team members on the performance of the right steps of hand washing.
Knowledge on high end antibiotic Q-92.7, O (helped in tracking this ) -92.7%, use of alcohol based hand rub Q-98.5,O-94.2, five moments of hand hygiene Q and O 88.5, 6 steps of hand hygiene Q-92.5, O-65O-65%
The choreography of the hand rub dance was based on the different steps of hand hygiene (palm to palm, palm over dorsum, fingers interlaced, backs of fingers, thumbs, fingertips and wrists).
Workshops were conducted on standard precautions such as seven steps of hand hygiene, and appropriate use of personal protective equipments, and safe and immediate disposal of sharps was ensured in areas where appropriate disposal was an issue.
There is a very good concordance between knowledge and practice of most participants in most of the components, except in the practice of performing all the six steps of hand hygiene where there was a discrepancy, though the rate was still very good.
Teach children the 6 steps of hand-washing immediately after explaining these germs.
"With Turkey currently embroiled in a match-fixing scandal, Besiktas (one of the many clubs being investigated) took the highly unusual step of voluntarily handing back the Turkish Cup they won last season," writes Dave Dodgson.
Immediately before the hand rub was applied to the hands, volunteers were trained on exactly how to perform the various steps of the hand rub procedure to ensure that the subject knew exactly what to do.
