2 Interventions Increase Hand Hygiene Compliance More Than Fivefold

A combination of workflow improvements, direct observation and individual feedback more than quintupled hand hygiene compliance in a hospital’s anesthesia department over one and a half years, according to a study in the American Journal of Infection Control.

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Researchers studied hand hygiene compliance, defined by alcohol hand disinfection during the “5 moments for hand hygiene” described by the World Health Organization, in a hospital anesthesia department.

Click here to read the full story on hand hygiene in an anesthesia department in Becker’s ASC Review.

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