Abstract
Given the economic and human cost related to healthcare-associated infections, any intervention that results in an improvement in hospital hygiene at a system level is worthwhile. Broadly, behavioural science and design thinking may be useful approaches to encourage staff compliance with hygiene policies. It is proposed that making a seemingly minor change to the hospital medication chart—specifically, by inserting a ‘hand hygiene’ tick box—could improve nurses' hand hygiene compliance, thus increasing the safety of administering and dispensing medication.
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