Affect behavioural change

Find the tips and tools you need to create safer patient care environments.

Save lives – clean your hands!

5 May is World Hand Hygiene Day. Tork is a proud participant of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) initiative Private Organizations for Patient Safety (POPS) and promotes their initiative, World Hand Hygiene Day.

Achieve better hand hygiene practices with an improvement strategy

The World Health Organization has identified 5 key elements to focus on when improving infection prevention and control in a healthcare facility. All 5 areas should be considered in order for you to be successful and result in behavioural change.

1. Build it

System change – Make sure you have the right infrastructure, equipment and supplies in place.

2. Teach it

Training and education – Does your facility have training, trainers and the right equipment?

3. Check it

Monitoring and feedback – Do you have effective monitoring and feedback in place?

3. Sell it

Reminders and communications – How are you promoting hand hygiene in your facility?

5. Live it

Cultural change – Are your healthcare workers empowered and involved?

Improve hand hygiene in your facility

Skincare made for critical, fast-paced environments

Tork Alcohol Gel Hand Sanitiser, formulated with 70% alcohol, sanitises hands quickly without water. It is gentle and effective, designed to minimise the spread of germs, and comes in a variety of formats for easy access in busy healthcare environments.