Clorox Purell Symposium

Sustaining focus, resources, and momentum around the foundational practice of hand hygiene has become increasingly challenging in healthcare today where priorities compete for attention. This year, we’re turning the microphone over to those living in this reality every day: a panel of infection preventionists (IP) who are navigating limited resources and the operational pressures that shape day-to-day decision making and yet, are still prioritizing hand hygiene.

Join this candid, peer-led conversation where our panelists explore:

· What remains nonnegotiable and where flexibility and adaptation are possible and appropriate in hand hygiene practice

· What is truly working in their hospitals--and what isn’t

· How organizations respond when hand hygiene becomes less visible

· How to address perceptions that hand hygiene is less critical due to low infection rates or competing priorities

· The real implications when hand hygiene momentum slows

Expect honest insights, practical strategies, and stories straight from hospital halls and IP offices. This session isn’t about theory. It’s about the lived experience of today’s IP workforce, and what it will take to keep hand hygiene at the forefront of today’s reality.

Learning Objectives

After participating in this session, attendees will be able to:

1. Reflect on how to recognize and respond when hand hygiene becomes deprioritized due to staffing constraints or resource limitations.

2. Describe effective communication strategies for addressing questions about the importance of hand hygiene when low HAI rates or competing IP priorities are cited.

3. Examine how peer IP leaders distinguish between nonnegotiable hand hygiene practices and areas where adaptation is occurring in response to operational pressures.

4. Identify peer-described strategies for sustaining the credibility, relevance, and visibility of hand hygiene programs over time.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Music City Center, Broadway Ballroom A-E, Nashville, United States

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