The impact of workload on hand hygiene compliance: Is 100% compliance achievable?

Nai-Chung N Chang; Marin L Schweizer; Heather Schacht Reisinger; Michael Jones; Elizabeth Chrischilles; Margaret Chorazy; W Charles Huskins; Loreen Herwaldt

doi:10.1017/ice.2021.179

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The impact of workload on hand hygiene compliance: Is 100% compliance achievable?

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The impact of workload on hand hygiene compliance: Is 100% compliance achievable?

Nai-Chung N Chang, Marin L Schweizer, Heather Schacht Reisinger, Michael Jones, Elizabeth Chrischilles, Margaret Chorazy, W Charles Huskins and Loreen Herwaldt

Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.43(9), pp.1259-1261

09/2022

DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.179

PMCID: PMC9483712

PMID: 33985603

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Hand hygiene compliance decreased significantly when opportunities exceeded 30 per hour. At higher workloads, the number of healthcare worker types involved and the proportion of hand hygiene opportunities for which physicians and other healthcare workers were responsible increased. Thus, care complexity and risk to patients may both increase with workload.

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Title: Subtitle: The impact of workload on hand hygiene compliance: Is 100% compliance achievable?
Creators: Nai-Chung N Chang - Veterans' Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, Utah
Marin L Schweizer - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Heather Schacht Reisinger - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Michael Jones - University of Iowa, Center for Social Science Innovation
Elizabeth Chrischilles - Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, Iowa
Margaret Chorazy - Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, Iowa
W Charles Huskins - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota
Loreen Herwaldt - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.43(9), pp.1259-1261
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.179
PMID: 33985603
PMCID: PMC9483712
NLM abbreviation: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
ISSN: 0899-823X
eISSN: 1559-6834
Language: English
Electronic publication date: 05/14/2021
Date published: 09/2022
Academic Unit: Statistics and Actuarial Science; Pharmacy; Public Health Administration; Psychiatry; Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Biostatistics; Center for Social Science Innovation; General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984214838402771

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