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Moorfields has a strong track record on infection control, with no recorded cases of MRSA bloodstream infections or of Clostridium difficile (C-diff) to date.
To help us maintain this performance and to keep patients, visitors and staff as safe as possible from infection, we operate a 'bare below the elbows' policy. This means that all staff who have contact with patients or who use clinical areas keep their sleeves rolled up and don't wear wrist watches or jewellery on their lower arms, all of which enables more thorough hand and wrist washing, which is vital to prevent the spread of infections.
Moorfields is also participating in the National Patient Safety Agency's 'cleanyourhands' campaign, which is about getting better at hand hygiene to help prevent infections from spreading. You'll see some of the NPSA campaign posters and other materials around Moorfields when you visit to help remind us all about the importance of clean hands in the fight to prevent infections. You can help us by always washing your hands, and using the alcohol rub dispensers provided, both when you enter and leave any of our clinical areas.
In addition, we undertake weekly hand hygiene and cleanliness inspections in every department and at our outreach centres. Since October 2008, we have met our self-imposed targets of 85% compliance in our weekly hand hygiene audits. For the cleanliness inspections, we have exceeded our 90% compliance target every month since March 2008.
