The Local Health Board Co-ordinator (LHBC)
The Local Health Board Co-ordinator role has been developed
specifically for this campaign. The purpose of the LHBC role
is:
- To lead the development and implementation of a local strategy,
flowing from the National Hand Hygiene Campaign, to deliver
improvements in hand hygiene practice within the NHS Board
- To promote good hand hygiene practice to staff, patients and
visitors within healthcare settings in the NHS Board
- To collect national audit data within the NHS Board using the
Audit Tool and associated protocol developed and issued by the Hand
Hygiene Project
- To ensure national campaign materials are implemented and
refreshed as expected within the local NHS settings
LHBCs have been trained in the following:
- The concept of the World Health Organization's '5 moments for
hand hygiene' through observation and discussion
- Basic audit methodology linked to the use of the revised hand
hygiene audit protocol (4th Edition)
- Practical application of the data collection tool and
observations of the 5 moments for hand hygiene
- Use of the tablet PC and audit software through provision of an
interactive session
A training and update session was held on 27 and 28 August 2009
to train staff on the above objectives. This event was intended for
LHBCs and clinical healthcare staff who would be expected to
deputise for the LHBC by undertaking hand hygiene audit during the
national audit periods.
The overall aim of the event was to increase the capacity of NHS
Boards to deliver national hand hygiene audit data and to deliver
standardized audit training for those staff undertaking the
national audits.
Presentations given at the training event can be viewed
below:
Further Information
For further details on the role of the LHBC, please contact the
project team at the following email address: