Open AccessImprovement of hand hygiene compliance in a private hospital using the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) method
Author(s) -
Aslıhan Demirel
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.35.3.6
Subject(s) - medicine , pdca , hygiene , compliance (psychology) , infection control , health care , promotion (chess) , quality management , nursing , medical emergency , family medicine , operations management , surgery , psychology , social psychology , management system , pathology , politics , political science , economics , law , economic growth
Improving the compliance to hand hygiene in healthcare providers is important to reduce healthcare-associated infections. This study aimed to compare the compliance rate before and after the improvement of compliance to hand hygiene.