Useful as a hub because APIC gathers its own patient-hand-hygiene toolkit, the SHEA hand-hygiene Compendium recommendation, and the IHI/APIC “How-to Guide: Improving Hand Hygiene” in one place.

A current APIC Text chapter on hand-hygiene principles and program implementation. Full access is subscription-based.A current APIC Text chapter on hand hygiene

covers regulatory oversight, products, monitoring, implementation, and behavior-change strategies. It’s older, from 2015, but still useful as an implementation guide.

A current, practical toolkit developed by APIC’s Practice Guidance Committee, with education materials, an audit tool, and an infographic.

CDC guideline and recommendations for hand hygiene in healthcare settings.

Practical CDC guidance for healthcare personnel on when and how to perform hand hygiene and protect skin health.

Core CDC recommendations for hand hygiene and other foundational infection-prevention practices across healthcare settings.

CDC observation tool for assessing hand-hygiene environment, supplies, and practice implementation.

Assessment modules and observation tools for training, audits, feedback, hand hygiene, precautions, and other IPC practices.

SHEA/IDSA/APIC recommendations for hand-hygiene products, indications, monitoring, feedback, and implementation.