Variability in hand hygiene practices among internal medicine interns

Lauren Block; Robert Habicht; Fareedat O. Oluyadi; Albert W. Wu; Sanjay V. Desai; Timothy Niessen; Kathryn Novello Silva; Nora Oliver; Leonard Feldman

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2013.03.303

Variability in hand hygiene practices among internal medicine interns

Lauren Block
, Robert Habicht
, Fareedat O. Oluyadi
, Albert W. Wu
, Sanjay V. Desai
, Timothy Niessen
, Kathryn Novello Silva
, Nora Oliver
, Leonard Feldman

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Abstract

Hand hygiene compliance remains suboptimal among physicians despite quality improvement efforts. We observed hand hygiene compliance among 29 medicine interns at 2 large academic institutions. Overall compliance was 75%. Although 4 interns averaged <40% compliance, 14 averaged at least 80%. Given variability observed among individuals in the same training programs, targeting those with poor performance may be important in improving overall compliance.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1107-1108
Number of pages	2
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	41
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2013.03.303
State	Published - Nov 2013

Keywords

Graduate medical education
Patient safety
Prevention
Quality of care

ASJC Scopus subject areas

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

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