Splitting up is hard.

1. Splitting up is hard.

2. The 36 inch rule

3. Where germs hide in schools • http://www.jackstreet.com/jackstreet/WNASN.GerbaDetloff.cfm • http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/nasn-radio-national-association/id328566995?mt=2 #23

4. The Top 10 Germiest Places in a Classroom • 1.Water fountain toggle • 2.Manual pencil sharpener handle • 3.Computer keyboard  • 4.Sink faucet handle  • 5.Paper towel dispenser lever  • 6.Sink countertop  • 7.Computer mouse  • 8.Student desktop  • 9.Student chair back  • 10.Soap dispenser lever

5. The Human Condition • Have your ideas about germs in our school caused you to pause and change your approach? Are you touching less, cleaning more? • What is the average splash zone radius of a toilet? • Why should you be concerned? Germ Warfare

6. What the professionals do • The next slides show what happens when organizations seek to improve their system.

7. The response to infection control Every year, 1.7 million Americans are infected and 100,000 die as a result of hospital acquired infections also known as nosocomial infections.

8. Making change • Given this sobering statistic, Spectrum Health Hospital Group in Grand Rapids, Michigan set out on a campaign to transform their organization, starting with improving hand hygiene compliance amongst its hospital group.

9. Identify the problem • In order to accomplish this, Spectrum needed to influence a number of people across the organization. Working with VitalSmarts, Spectrum identified three vital behaviors that would drive the change:

10. 3 vital behaviors • Get people to take responsibility for their own actions and behaviors and to focus on things that are most important. • Create an environment where people feel safe talking about the things that matter most. • Implement a holistic approach to accountability. Holistic: The practice of applying natural methods of wellness and treatments for the mind, body and spirit. OR Characterized by comprehension of the parts of something as intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole.

11. Applied practice • Using the Influencer model and implementing multiple sources of influence to overcome entrenched behaviors, Spectrum was able to achieve 96% hand hygiene compliance across the organization within 3 months! 

12. Now what would you do?

13. Safety protocol How would you change things in your school?

14. Sit together with your team. • Your team must create an initiative that addresses the reduction of transmissible disease and illness.

15. In the field • Look around your school and evaluate potential sites where you can have a positive impact on discouraging or eliminating infectious transmission.

16. Create solutions • How would you change the present system? • What specific measures would you take to improve the protocol? • How would you sustain your efforts? • Be prepared to present your ideas! • Teams will compete for a contract.

17. Be no less than a professional • You must carry yourself as a consultant whose purpose is to create solutions for your client. (Me) • Your tone must be BUSINESS class. • Voices must be professional! • No incidental stories or side conversations. • Questions must be asked by addressing your client clearly and with proper voice and careful selection of words.

18. When you return • Mobilize your team. • Discuss what you observed. • Identify opportunities to improve the present model. • Create a business proposal worthy of showing to the principal and The Board of Education.

19. Your plan should include: • Identification of the problem • Statements from professionals/authorities that support your hypothesis or idea(s). • Your proposal, including data, financial information etc… • Evidence of anything that you produced for consumption, display, learning or other means to change behaviors or systems. • A detailed solution for the problem.

20. Complete this and make it available to the class and to the client.

21. Communications log • Include the following: • Dates, times data and observations were made. (check in/out) • Team members who participated/attended (Roll call) • Purpose of visit/contact • Type of contact (phone, email, personal) • Information obtained • Action(s) taken

22. Where we have been

23. Threat or no threat? ProblemAction taken • Dust bunny • Rust • Mold • Dried beverage spill • Trash • Gum left on/under tables • Blood spill/splatter

24. When the professionals use bad judgment, it sometimesturns out like this.

25. What you must produce • Your presentation/proposal (50 points) • Your notes including questions (25 points) • Sign in with me on the day of presentation verifying your presence.

26. Sites visited on the tour • East Entry • Concessions • Auxiliary Gym • Field House • Training Room • Boys varsity Locker room • Pool • Weights room • Times Square • Library • Cafeteria • Office

27. Follow up • As part of the final step in last steps of your project please consider the following: • Clean up. Did you have to change/replace/restore the environment that you studied? • Professional courtesy. Did you thank those who assisted you in gathering data, answering questions, provided resources?