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

The hand hygiene reviewer who collected datamonthly as well as consistent collection of all the 4 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

The Zone who had the most percentage of facilities that collected data

• Edmonton Zone

North Zone Hand Hygiene Excellence Awards

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

Edmonton Zone Hand Hygiene Excellence Awards

• Rising Star - Caroline Malinski
• Hand Hygiene Excellence (<50 beds) – Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital
• Hand Hygiene Excellence (>50 beds) – Grande Prairie Regional Hospital

Central Zone Hand Hygiene Excellence Awards

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

Calgary Zone Hand Hygiene Excellence Awards

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

South Zone Hand Hygiene Excellence Awards

• Rising Star - Chrystal Buss
• Hand Hygiene Excellence (<50 beds) – Bassano Healthcare Centre
• Hand Hygiene Excellence (>50 beds) – Chinook Regional Hospital

Covenant Hand Hygiene Excellence Awards

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