Responses to questions in the staff survey showed that staff felt the campaign posters were highly The success of the ‘clean-your-hands’ campaign It has already been established that a multi-modal campaign can produce a sustained improvement in hand hygiene compliance, with reduced rates of noso...
GUIDELINECentre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and Prevention & Tuberculosis Control Hand Hygiene GuidelinePage of Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and Prevention & Tuberculosis ControlThe major route of transmission of micro-organisms, including multi-resistant organisms (...
Hand hygiene (HH) has been identified as one of the simplest, but most important, methods to prevent cross-infection in healthcare facilities. In spite of this fact, the HH compliance rate remains low among healthcare workers (HCWs). Several factors may affect HH behavior. In this study, ...
the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), the originator of the 100,000 Lives Campaign, has released the publication Improving Hand Hygiene: A Guide for Improving Practices Among Health Care Workers. Recognizing
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SummaryBackgroundHand hygiene is paramount to prevent healthcare-associated infections, but improving compliance is challenging. When healthcare workers seldom encounter healthcare-associated infections, they will consider the odds of causing infections through poor hand hygiene negligible. Cognitive biases su...
Hand hygiene is known to reduce healthcare-associated infections. However, it remains suboptimal among healthcare providers. In this study, we used the Behaviour-centered Design approach to explore the facilitators and deterrents to hand hygiene among he
Hand hygiene is known to reduce healthcare-associated infections. However, it remains suboptimal among healthcare providers. In this study, we used the Behaviour-centered Design approach to explore the facilitators and deterrents to hand hygiene among healthcare providers in the Kampala Metropolitan ar...
In healthcare settings, hand washing verification is critical to preventing the spread of infections. Healthcare workers should be trained on the correct hand hygiene procedures and monitored to ensure that they are following these procedures.
education of healthcare workers (HCW) on the concept of ‘5 Moments for Hand Hygiene’ (‘5 Moments’); • auditing of HH compliance (process measure) and feedback of results; • compilation of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia rates (as an outcome measure) [6]. The ‘5 Moments’ is...