Variability in the Duration and Thoroughness of Hand Hygiene

We observed 354 hand hygiene instances across 41 healthcare workers doffing personal protective equipment at 4 hospital-based biocontainment units. We measured the duration and thoroughness of each hand hygiene instance. Both parameters varied substantially, with systematic differences between hospi...

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Autores principales: Mumma, Joel M, Durso, Francis T, Casanova, Lisa M, Erukunuakpor, Kimberly, Kraft, Colleen S, Ray, Susan M, Shane, Andi L, Walsh, Victoria L, Shah, Puja Y, Zimring, Craig, DuBose, Jennifer, Jacob, Jesse T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6743505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31517981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz612
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Sumario:We observed 354 hand hygiene instances across 41 healthcare workers doffing personal protective equipment at 4 hospital-based biocontainment units. We measured the duration and thoroughness of each hand hygiene instance. Both parameters varied substantially, with systematic differences between hospitals and differences between healthcare workers accounting for much of the variance.

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