Study
Patient safety begins with proper planning: a quantitative method to improve hospital design.
- from
- Birnbach DJ, Nevo I, Scheinman SR, Fitzpatrick M, Shekhter I, Lombard JL
- Publication Year
- 2010
- published in
- Qual Saf Health Care 19(5): 462-465
- DOI
- 10.1136/qshc.2008.031013
Positioning hand rub dispensers near patient beds in a clearly visible position increases hand hygiene compliance.
To investigate the role of patient room design on patient safety a replica of a patient room was constructed in which standardised examinations were performed by doctors. While only 11.5% of doctors performed hand disinfections prior to patient contact, when the hand rub dispenser was located near the door, 53.8% of doctors used a hand disinfectant, when the dispenser was clearly visible near the patient bed.
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