| NPSA announces hand hygiene campaign |
FEB 2003 |
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JAN 2004 |
Completion of six month pilot in acute trusts |
Launch of Patient Safety Alert 04 to acute NHS trusts
Phased rollout of the campaign to acute NHS trusts across England and Wales |
SEPT 2004 |
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JUL 2006 |
Year Two of the campaign in acute NHS trusts |
| Publication of CMO’s annual report recommending that the campaign be further strengthened to involve patients and proposing a pilot in which patients are given their own dispenser of alcohol handrub on admission to hospital for staff to use. |
JUL 2007 |
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AUG 2007 |
Testing of the extension of the campaign with 19 initial implementers |
| Year Three of the campaign in acute trusts begins |
NOV 2007 |
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APR 2008 |
Phased rollout of the campaign to NHS primary care, mental health, ambulance and care trusts across England and Wales
Completion of three-month feasibility study on patient empowerment |
| Reissue of Patient Safety Alert on hand hygiene to all providers of NHS care |
SEPT 2008 |
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JAN 2009 |
Year Four of the campaign in acute NHS trusts |
| Completion of phase one of the patient empowerment project to design interventions to engage patients in improving the hand hygiene of healthcare staff |
MAR 2009 |
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APR 2009 |
Stage two of the campaign in NHS primary care, mental health, ambulance and care trusts |
