Study: Nurses Have Better Hand Hygiene Than Physicians

Observers at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence found nurses’ overall hand hygiene rates were higher than those of physicians, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

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Rhode Island Hospital in Providence measured hand hygiene compliance through observation of hand hygiene behavior when entering and existing a patient room from July 2008 to December 2012.

Read the full story on hand hygiene compliance in Becker’s ASC Review.

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