Phase 2 - April 2008 until March 2011
This campaign was scheduled to last until March 2008 and funded
accordingly. All objectives of this campaign were met. In November
2007, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing announced that
further funding would be provided to develop and implement a new
programme of work for the HAI Taskforce covering from April 2008
until March 2011. One of the activities in the programme is the
continuation of the Hand Hygiene campaign within healthcare
settings, with the minister stipulating that each NHS Health Board
should reach a target of at least 90% Hand Hygiene compliance by
November 2008, and to have a "zero tolerance to non compliance with
hand hygiene" by January 2009.
On 25 March 2009 an Integrating Patient Safety - Bridging the
Gaps A Scottish Patient Safety Programme / National Hand Hygiene
Campaign joint event took place. The aim of the meeting was to
promote the integration of the SPSP and Hand Hygiene programmes of
work at a local level to improve overall patient safety and quality
of care and build capacity of the improvement approach.
Presentations given on the day can be viewed as per below: