This document discusses several studies and resources about improving hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers to help prevent healthcare-associated infections. It highlights the importance of hand hygiene for nurses and references guidelines from the World Health Organization on solutions for improving patient safety, such as multimodal hand hygiene promotional strategies that incorporate reminders, education, performance feedback, and institutional safety climate.
This document discusses several studies and resources about improving hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers to help prevent healthcare-associated infections. It highlights the importance of hand hygiene for nurses and references guidelines from the World Health Organization on solutions for improving patient safety, such as multimodal hand hygiene promotional strategies that incorporate reminders, education, performance feedback, and institutional safety climate.
This document discusses several studies and resources about improving hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers to help prevent healthcare-associated infections. It highlights the importance of hand hygiene for nurses and references guidelines from the World Health Organization on solutions for improving patient safety, such as multimodal hand hygiene promotional strategies that incorporate reminders, education, performance feedback, and institutional safety climate.
INFECTION CONTROL: CAN NURSES IMPROVE HAND HYGIENE PRACTICES? by Jacqueline M. Smith, RN, BN, Dyan B. Lokhorst, RN, CHPCN (C), BN (November, 2009) University of Calgary, Faculty of Nursing June, 2009