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Understanding and Improving Surgical Hand Hygiene Compliance
Author(s) -
Padgette Polly
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/j.aorn.2017.04.011
Subject(s) - compliance (psychology) , citation , column (typography) , hygiene , medicine , psychology , computer science , library science , social psychology , pathology , telecommunications , frame (networking)
and hygiene compliance rates are commonly absent from health care facilities’ compliance statistics because an accurate depiction of hand hygiene performance is difficult to determine. Data collection is influenced by the observers’ presence (if recognized) and whether the observer documents all misses and completions appropriately. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the average rate of health care worker compliance with hand hygiene guidelines ranges from 40% to 60%. Many facilities report perfect performance, however. These discrepancies indicate that it is important to examine basic hand hygiene facts to understand the variability in hand hygiene compliance rates and the effects of hand hygiene failures.