For their study, researchers developed a hand hygiene program for a hospital’s department of internal medicine. The program consisted of hand hygiene education, feedback, reminders, social influence activities including the use of role models and more. The results showed overall hand hygiene compliance skyrocketed from 27 percent at baseline to 83 percent directly post-implementation to 75 percent six months post-implementation.
Nurses’ compliance improved from 17 percent to 63 percent six months post-implementation, while physicians’ compliance improved from 43 percent to 91 percent at six months post-implementation.
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