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Practically speaking: rethinking hand hygiene improvement programs in health care settings.

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Practically speaking: rethinking hand hygiene improvement programs in health care settings.
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Son C, Chuck T, Childers T, Usiak S, Dowling M, Andiel C, Backer R, Eagan J, Sepkowitz K
Publication Year
2011
Published in
American Journal of Infection Control 39 (9): 716-724
DOI
10.1016/j.ajic.2010.12.008
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Involving staff in the development of hand hygiene strategies can lead to lasting improvements in hand hygiene compliance

To improve hand hygiene compliance, staff members were involved in the development of hand hygiene strategies including the development of standardised workflows for common patient care tasks. The implementation of standardised workflows and frequent feedback enabled a long-lasting increase in hand hygiene compliance from 65% to above 95% (at least 3 years).

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