May 5, 2025 is Clean Your Hands Day

We’re proud to celebrate the 2025 AHS and Covenant Health Hand Hygiene Excellence Award recipients—individuals and teams who lead the way in infection prevention and safe care across Alberta.

This year, we’ve also refreshed our hand hygiene branding to help bring even more visibility to this vital safety practice. Check out the updated materials and share them with your teams.

Meet the 2025 award winners below and join us in recognizing their incredible dedication.

Hand Hygiene Excellence Awards

Zone Hand Hygiene Reviewer Star Award

Awarded to the reviewer who consistently collected monthly data and captured all four moments of hand hygiene:

• North – Kim Kloberdanz
• Edmonton – Mara Suchy
• Central – Meghan Sheppard
• Calgary – Michelle Larocque
• South – Steven Trinh
• Covenant – Zannatul Ferdous

Provincial Hand Hygiene Excellence Award

Awarded to the zone with the highest percentage of facilities collecting hand hygiene data:

• Edmonton Zone

Zone Hand Hygiene Excellence Awards

North Zone

• Rising Star – Monika Ruether
• Excellence (<50 beds) – St. Theresa General Hospital
• Excellence (>50 beds) – Grande Prairie Regional Hospital

Edmonton Zone

• Rising Star – Caroline Malinski
• Excellence (<50 beds) – Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital
• Excellence (>50 beds) – Leduc Community Hospital

Central Zone

• Rising Star – Julia Bruin
• Excellence (<50 beds) – Lacombe Healthcare Centre
• Excellence (>50 beds) – Wetaskiwin Healthcare Centre

Calgary Zone

• Rising Star – Christine Smith Murphy
• Excellence (<50 beds) – Didsbury District Health Services
• Excellence (>50 beds) – Peter Lougheed Centre

South Zone

• Rising Star – Chrystal Buss
• Excellence (<50 beds) – Bassano Health Centre
• Excellence (>50 beds) – Chinook Regional Hospital

Covenant Health

• Rising Star – Janet Ansah-Sagu
• Excellence (<50 beds) – St. Joseph’s Home
• Excellence (>50 beds) – St. Therese Villa