As part of the Clean Hands Count Campaign, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is offering a new hand hygiene education course: Hand Hygiene, Glove Use and Preventing Transmission of C. difficile. This online course offers free Continuing Education (CE) and covers the following topics:
- Hand hygiene and glove use recommendations for C. difficile patients
- Best practices for glove use, and
- The role of environmental cleaning in preventing the spread of C. difficile
A few things you can do to continue to make Clean Hands Count:
1. Complete the new education course and claim free Continuing Education credit
Visit https://www.cdc.gov/handhygiene/providers/training/index.html to view the new hand hygiene education course. To receive continuing education, complete the evaluation and post-test at https://www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/. Course number: WD2703
2. Watch and share the new Clean Hands Count video
YouTube link: https://youtu.be/MzkNSzqmUSY
Alternate link: https://www.cdc.gov/handhygiene/video/CHC-Final-SD-360.mp4
3. Order and distribute free Clean Hands Count print materials
Order Clean Hands Count stickers, brochures, fact sheets and posters at: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/pubs/CDCInfoOnDemand.aspx?ProgramID=31
Note: CDC’s fulfillment house is able to process a limited number of orders each day. If you see that a particular material is temporarily unavailable, please try again another day.
For more information on our efforts to improve hand hygiene as a means for infection prevention, visit our Web site