Hand sanitizer-dispensing door handles increase hand hygiene compliance: A pilot study

Lukasz S. Babiarz; Brent Savoie; Mark McGuire; Lauren McConnell; Paul Nagy

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2013.11.009

Hand sanitizer-dispensing door handles increase hand hygiene compliance: A pilot study

Lukasz S. Babiarz, Brent Savoie, Mark McGuire, Lauren McConnell, Paul Nagy

School of Medicine

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Abstract

Improving rates of hand hygiene compliance (HHC) has been shown to reduce nosocomial disease. We compared the HHC for a traditional wall-mounted unit and a novel sanitizer-dispensing door handle device in a hospital inpatient ultrasound area. HHC increased 24.5%-77.1% (P <.001) for the exam room with the sanitizer-dispensing door handle, whereas it remained unchanged for the other rooms. Technical improvements like a sanitizer-dispensing door handle can improve hospital HHC.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	443-445
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	42
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2013.11.009
State	Published - Apr 2014

Keywords

Handwashing
Infection control
Nosocomial disease

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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