Variability in the Duration and Thoroughness of Hand Hygiene.
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;
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2019Vol. 69pp. S221-S223
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Abstract
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.