A systems and behavioral approach to improve hand hygiene practice
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Pennsylvania patient safety advisory
- Author(s):
- Bradley, Sharon, author
- Contributor(s):
- Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority, issuing body. ECRI (Organization), issuing body. Institute for Safe Medication Practices, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, December 2014
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Hand Hygiene -- organization & administration Hand Disinfection Hospitals Infection Control Systems Analysis Behavior Cross Infection -- prevention & control Guideline Adherence Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Patient Safety Practice Guidelines as Topic Humans Pennsylvania United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Despite convincing evidence since the 1840s that improved hand hygiene reduces infection rates, studies show that healthcare worker compliance with hand hygiene is consistently suboptimal in many healthcare settings. Optimal hand hygiene is a critical component in any process focused on achieving and sustaining zero incidents of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Pennsylvania hospitals and nursing homes have reported a slow but steady decline in HAIs through the National Healthcare Safety Network and the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System. Reliance on current methods to detect hand hygiene compliance--such as direct observation, hand hygiene product use measurement, and electronic monitoring--has been problematic. Implementation of a credible hand hygiene program can be enhanced by integration of systems supporting hand hygiene activities with an understanding of workflow and human behavior. Healthcare facilities may improve hand hygiene practice by applying a multimodal framework of system and behavioral strategies to investigate, understand, and mitigate gaps in infrastructure and behavioral components of hand hygiene.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (pages 163-167)).
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101648357 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101648357