Improving Hand Hygiene in Healthcare - An Evidence-based Approach
CHALLENGE
Hand hygiene in health care facilities is a key component to reduce pathogen transmission and infections. However, most interventions have not been sustainable.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
What are the published evidence-based hand hygiene interventions that led to improved hand hygiene compliance?
RESEARCH TECHNIQUE
Qualitative technique: Narrative review
FINDINGS
Interventions were categorized as improving awareness with education, facility design, and planning, unit-level protocols and procedures, hospital-wide programs, and multimodal interventions.
IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE
To create hospital wide programs that engage end users, policy makers should draw expertise from interdisciplinary fields.
Before implementing the various components of multimodal interventions, practitioners should identify and examine difficulties unique to their organizations.
