hyFive Hand Hygiene Tool
It provides infection prevention and control teams and healthcare managers with real time data on hand hygiene compliance, based on observations aligned with the WHO’s Five Moments for Hand Hygiene, enabling timely action and continuous improvement at hospital and unit level.
hyFive was developed by adapting and further expanding the Norwegian hand hygiene tool NOST, originally created by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
If you are interested in the hyFive tool and would like to deploy it in your setting, please contact us at hyfive
ecdc [dot] europa [dot] eu (hyfive[at]ecdc[dot]europa[dot]eu).
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This infographic shows how the hyFive Hand Hygiene Tool works.
Gloves are important in healthcare - but only when used correctly. Overuse, poor changing practices and skipping hand hygiene can help germs spread.
