The definitive hand hygiene video!

Tired of explaining (and re-explaining) the importance of hand hygiene? Fatigued from answering questions about various aspects of hand hygiene, such as what to say about jewelry and fingernails, or fire hazards?

Then let the New England Journal of Medicine explain it for you! Didier Pittet and colleagues have put together an instructional video on hand hygiene--many of you have probably seen it already, but if you haven't, take a look.

One concern is whether anyone will have the stamina to stick with the video for the full 15 minutes, but the player allows you to click around to a topic of interest if your attention begins to wane. Also, it might have been more effective with a human voice (if it is a human voice, my sincere apologies to that person--but it sounds robotic or synthetic). On second thought, robots may be just what we need on the units: robotic hand hygiene observers who confront healthcare workers on their way out of the room with a detailed assessment of their HH performance!