A positive deviance intervention was implemented in six Brazilian hospitals and one Thai university hospital from November 2011 to July 2012.
Read the full story on positive deviance and hand hygiene in Becker’s ASC Review.
Study: Positive Deviance Increases Hand Hygiene Compliance 33%
A hand hygiene initiative that used positive deviance, a community-based social change strategy, led to a 33.3 percent increase in hand hygiene compliance and 43.2 percent decrease in the device-associated infection rate, according to a study in the American Journal of Infection Control.
