Other Opportunities

Purpose

We need volunteers to assist Infection Prevention & Control (IP&C) in conducting and completing hand hygiene audits on University of Utah inpatient units and staff. Volunteers will provide support to the IP&C Department in a positive and professional manner via hand hygiene compliance and audit completion. This essential duty ensures our staff are following guidelines that will prevent potentially life-threatening infections from happening and/or spreading.     

Qualifications/Requirements

• Interest in infection prevention & control or similar healthcare professions in hospital systems
• Complete University of Utah Volunteer Services onboarding
• Adhere to volunteer schedule/shift

Days/Hours

Flexible

Volunteer Duties/Responsibilities

• Work closely with infection preventionists from the IP&C Department
• Conduct hand hygiene audits on assigned inpatient unit(s) in a professional manner
• Enter compliance data into our system
• Assist with hand hygiene compliance and audit projects and tasks
• Minimum of 30 completed hand hygiene audits per month, per assigned unit
• Infection Prevention & Control Department may assign additional duties

Location 

The University of Utah Hospital