RLO: Clean your hands

Introduction

The University of Nottingham has produced a DVD aimed at patients, healthcare workers and hospital visitors, which is being shown on plasma screens and bedside televisions in wards. The video outlines the importance of hand hygiene, and the practical steps that everyone can take to reduce the chances of damaging infections, such as MRSA and clostridium dificile, being passed to patients by healthcare workers and visitors. It's aimed at patients, healthcare workers and hospital visitors, and will also be useful for health care students in preparation for practice.

The video covers:

• Preventing the spread of germs
• When health care workers should clean their hands
• When patients and visitors should clean their hands
• Hand washing technique for patients and visitors

Video

You can watch this video online via the links below:

• streaming version. Launch the streaming video in a video player, by default Media Player in Windows and Quicktime Player on Apple Macs. NB: you can't download the video via this streaming link.
• downloadable version (MP4 format, 14Mb). Right-click on this link to download the video to your computer for offline playback.
• mobile device version (MP4, 14Mb). This version is optimised for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.

If your computer lacks a good video player, try the excellent and free VLC Media Player, which can play most video formats and is available for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux.

Video transcript (Rich Text Format, 31kb)

About this RLO

This video was produced as a DVD for use in hospitals and healthcare centres in Nottingham University NHS Trust. Content authors were Jacqueline Randle, Heather Wharrad and Richard Windle of the University of Nottingham, Natalie Vaughan of the NHS. Technical development was by Peter Cook (video) and Fred Riley (web).

Resources

Title and link	Description
RLO: Hand Hygiene	This reusable learning object outlines the reasons for hand hygiene and practical steps to achieve it via video clips and interactive exercises.
	Clean Your Hands is a major campaign run by the NHS aimed at all healthcare staff and service users. The website contains a resource area with a range of useful campaign and educational materials.

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