TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of workload on hand hygiene compliance
T2 - Is 100% compliance achievable?
AU - Chang, Nai Chung N.
AU - Schweizer, Marin L.
AU - Reisinger, Heather Schacht
AU - Jones, Michael
AU - Chrischilles, Elizabeth
AU - Chorazy, Margaret
AU - Huskins, W. Charles
AU - Herwaldt, Loreen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2021.
PY - 2022/9/14
Y1 - 2022/9/14
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1017/ice.2021.179
DO - 10.1017/ice.2021.179
M3 - Article
C2 - 33985603
AN - SCOPUS:85105866574
SN - 0899-823X
VL - 43
SP - 1259
EP - 1261
JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
IS - 9
ER -