Successful development of a direct observation program to measure health care worker hand hygiene using multiple trained volunteers

Successful development of a direct observation program to measure health care worker hand hygiene using multiple trained volunteers

Highlights • Program to directly observe hand hygiene using over 100 healthcare workers (HCW). • Over 3 years, there were 22,484 observations, including all shifts and HCW types. • Observer inter-rater reliability over 90%. • Most HCWs (86%) were unaware they were being observed.

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of infection control 2016-05, Vol.44 (5), p.544-547
Hauptverfasser: Linam, W. Matthew, MD, MS, Honeycutt, Michele D., BSN, RN, CIC, Gilliam, Craig H., BSMT, CIC, Wisdom, Christy M., BSN, RN, CIC, Bai, Shasha, PhD, Deshpande, Jayant K., MD, MPH
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Automatic Data Processing
Behavior Observation Techniques - methods
Behavior Observation Techniques - organization & administration
Guideline Adherence - utilization
Hand Hygiene - methods
Health behavior
Health Personnel
Healthy Volunteers
Hospitals, Pediatric
Humans
Hygiene
Infection Control
Infectious Disease
Medical personnel
Patient safety measures
Performance measurement
Quality improvement
Surveys and Questionnaires
Volunteers
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Program to directly observe hand hygiene using over 100 healthcare workers (HCW). • Over 3 years, there were 22,484 observations, including all shifts and HCW types. • Observer inter-rater reliability over 90%. • Most HCWs (86%) were unaware they were being observed.
ISSN:0196-6553
1527-3296
DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2015.12.019