Abstract
There is a lack of published data on HHOs/patient/day across countries. While HH compliance rates are often published based on observations by auditors, some recognised disadvantages are training required, valuable hours taken to collect representative samples and the Hawthorne effect. Emerging technologies have potential to improve data reliability, timeliness and density. A key challenge is to establish an accepted “denominator” (HHOs) in the compliance equation.
Highlights
There is a lack of published data on HHOs/patient/day across countries
Australia: 24-hr expert observations of HHOs were made in 2 wards for 7 days
Aggregated average HHOs/patient/day were adjusted for care level using patient:nurse ratio and weighted for auditor bias
Summary
There is a lack of published data on HHOs/patient/day across countries. While HH compliance rates are often published based on observations by auditors, some recognised disadvantages are training required, valuable hours taken to collect representative samples and the Hawthorne effect. Comparison of hand hygiene opportunities (HHOS) between a us study and in acute care facilities in three other countries Introduction There is a lack of published data on HHOs/patient/day across countries. While HH compliance rates are often published based on observations by auditors, some recognised disadvantages are training required, valuable hours taken to collect representative samples and the Hawthorne effect.
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