Here are seven takeaways from the survey, conducted by DebMed.
• 98 percent of U.S. respondents report using manual methods of direct observation, such as “secret shoppers”, to measure and report compliance at their respective facilities.
• 88 percent of U.S. respondents report believing that the Hawthorne Effect — the degree to which compliance improves when subjects believe they are being observed — overinflates compliance rates.
• 79 percent of U.S. respondents aren’t extremely satisfied with the compliance data they’re reporting.
• While 76 percent of U.S. respondents report believing that electronic hand hygiene compliance monitoring is more accurate than direct observation, only 1.6 percent reported using these methods.
• 60 percent of U.S. respondents said their CEOs would include increased hand hygiene compliance as one of the top five priorities for their organization.
• 36 percent report currently considering an electronic hand hygiene compliance monitoring system.
• 79 percent of those considering making a hand hygiene-related purchase report having a budget, or plan to include a budget, for purchasing an electronic monitoring system.
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