Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) would like to congratulate Mona Khnanisho for being recognized as this month’s Hand Hygiene Champion.

Mona has been part of the Housekeeping team at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre for nine years, and says practicing good hand hygiene is second nature to her. She’s committed to protecting herself, her patients, and her family, and treats every patient like family of her own. For Mona, hand hygiene is a simple but important way to help keep everyone safe and healthy.

Clean hands are one of the simplest and most effective ways to prevent the spread of infection. Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) reminds all staff to follow proper hand hygiene practices as outlined in IPC-2-12 Effective Hand Hygiene.

Please remember to wash or sanitize your hands:

• Before patient contact
• Before a clean or aseptic procedure
• After body fluid exposure risk
• After patient contact and contact with the patient environment

A special shoutout to April’s winner, a staff member on 1A. Keep up the great work! Germs are everywhere, making regular hand hygiene one of the simplest and most effective ways to help prevent the spread of infection and keep patients, families, staff, and visitors safe.