<br />
Best Practices for<br />
Measuring Hand Hygiene<br />
Compliance in Hospitals<br />
and Healthcare Settings<br />
Jennifer M. Petrelli, SM, MPH<br />
Senior Research Consultant<br />
Innovations 2 Solutions by Sodexo<br />
Darien T. Kadens, PhD, MBA,<br />
Director of Healthcare Research, Sodexo<br />
INTRODUCTION<br />
According to the Centers for Disease Control and<br />
Prevention (CDC), in 2011 there were an estimated<br />
722,000 healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in U.S.<br />
hospitals, and these infections caused 75,000 deaths.1,2<br />
Appropriate hand hygiene, including hand washing and<br />
the use of alcohol-based products, is an essential tool in<br />
combating the transmission of HAIs. The World Health<br />
Organization reports that adherence of healthcare<br />
workers to recommended hand hygiene procedures<br />
has been reported as variable, with mean baseline<br />
rates ranging from 5% to 89% and an overall average<br />
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<a title="Best Practices for Measuring Hand Hygiene Compliance in Hospitals and Healthcare Settings page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/027998a9?page=2"> INTRODUCTION According to the Centers for Diseas</a>
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<a title="Best Practices for Measuring Hand Hygiene Compliance in Hospitals and Healthcare Settings page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/027998a9?page=4"> All of these “moments” are indications for HH act</a>
<a title="Best Practices for Measuring Hand Hygiene Compliance in Hospitals and Healthcare Settings page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/027998a9?page=5"> NEW TECHNOLOGIES New technologies offer an alter</a>
<a title="Best Practices for Measuring Hand Hygiene Compliance in Hospitals and Healthcare Settings page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/027998a9?page=6"> One of the drawbacks of new technologies is that </a>
<a title="Best Practices for Measuring Hand Hygiene Compliance in Hospitals and Healthcare Settings page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/027998a9?page=7"> Figure 2. Hand Hygiene compliance by week, pre- a</a>
<a title="Best Practices for Measuring Hand Hygiene Compliance in Hospitals and Healthcare Settings page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/027998a9?page=8"> CONCLUSION Appropriate hand hygiene is essential</a>
<a title="Best Practices for Measuring Hand Hygiene Compliance in Hospitals and Healthcare Settings page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/027998a9?page=9"> REFERENCES 1. Magill, S. S., Edwards, J. R., B</a>