Open Access“Did you wash your hands?”: a prospective study of patient empowerment to prompt hand washing by healthcare providers
Author(s) -
Tony Y. Eng,
Nina L Eng,
Carol Jenkins,
Patti G. Grota
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of infection prevention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.43
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1757-1774
pISSN - 1757-1782
DOI - 10.1177/17571774211012767
Subject(s) - medicine , hygiene , health care , intervention (counseling) , empowerment , family medicine , infection control , outpatient clinic , patient empowerment , nursing , intensive care medicine , pathology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Hand hygiene is paramount in preventing the spread of healthcare-associated infections especially during disease epidemics. Compliance rates with hand hygiene policies remain below 50% internationally and may be lower in the outpatient care setting. This study assessed the impact of the patient empowerment model on hand hygiene compliance among healthcare providers.