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Billings Clinic wins 3M hand hygiene video contest

With a video featuring health care professionals demonstrating hand hygiene practices while singing a version of the Hokey Pokey, Billings Clinic of Billings, Mont., was named the winner of the “It’s in Your Hands” YouTube™ video contest, sponsored by 3M and AORN. With more than 2,500 votes, Billings Clinic was announced as the winner last night during the Jerry G. Peers Lectureship, and received a $5,000 educational grant that can be redeemed for any AORN program or service or to purchase AORN reference materials.

3M winner

“Hand hygiene is an integral part of patient safety at Billings Clinic and our team united to share a serious message in an entertaining way,” said Jackie Hines, RN, who submitted the video on behalf of Billings Clinic. “We are honored to be recognized by our industry and thank AORN and 3M for bringing attention to the important work of perioperative professionals.”

The Billings video competed against two other finalists from John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, Calif., and Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The three finalists were selected by AORN’s Recommended Practices Committee out of all videos submitted because of how accurately the facilities adhered to the AORN "Recommended practices for hand hygiene in the perioperative setting," an evidence-based set of guidelines for practicing optimal hand hygiene, according to Renae Battié, RN, MN, CNOR, regional director, Franciscan Health System, Tacoma, Wash., and chair of AORN’s Recommended Practices Committee.

“As I reviewed these videos I looked for correct portrayal of AORN recommended practices, not only for hand hygiene, but also for recommended practices such as attire. I also looked for videos that caught my attention and kept me listening, because you need to engage people and help them to hear about hand hygiene in a new way to help them practice proper hand hygiene consistently,” Battié said.

The “It’s in Your Hands” YouTube™ video contest was created as part of a partnership between 3M Infection Prevention and AORN to raise awareness of the deadly risks associated with improper hand hygiene techniques and to encourage best practices among nurses and other healthcare professionals.

“It has been incredibly exciting to have professionals around the country rally behind this initiative and show both their colleagues and patients how they follow these critical hand hygiene best practices” said AORN President Patrick Voight RN, BSN, MSA, CNOR. “We congratulate Billings Clinic for being selected as the winner of the contest by demonstrating perfect adherence, while also showing creativity.”

See the winning video and other contest entries here.