A community health promotion program that supports handwashing, preventing infections and wise use of antibiotics. Over-use of antibiotics can lead to infections that are difficult or impossible to treat.
Provides education, print materials, and web-based resources for healthcare providers, children, parents, schools, daycares, seniors groups, workplaces, and the public.
The main messages of the program are:
- Handwashing is the best way to stop infections from spreading.
- Bacteria and viruses are different. Both can cause respiratory infections, but antibiotics don't work against viruses like colds and influenza.
- Antibiotic resistance is a problem. Use antibiotics wisely to prevent bacteria from becoming resistant to antibiotics.
Resources:
- workshops for healthcare professionals and students
- employee group education sessions
- authorized resources for Alberta teachers
- teaching kit for Grade 2 students
- teaching kit for child care children and staff
- teaching kit for assisted living centres
- posters
- handwashing signs and stickers
- handwashing posters available in Blackfoot, Cree, Dënesųłı̨né, French, Saulteaux, and Stoney Nakoda
- pamphlets
- Guide to Wise Use of Antibiotics (20-page guide for respiratory infections) available in Arabic, Blackfoot, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Cree, Dënesųłı̨né, French, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish, Stoney Nakoda, Tagalog, Tigrinya, Urdu and Vietnamese
- Healthy Hands at Work: Employer Handbook (20 pages) and Worker Handbook (12 pages) about preventing infections in the workplace and hand hygiene and cleaning/disinfecting products