Abstract
Hand Hygiene Australia (HHA) commenced implementation of a National Hand Hygiene Initiative (NHHI) in 2008 into all healthcare facilities. Based on the World Health Organization “5 Moments for Hand Hygiene” Program, one of the aims is to establish a uniform system of hand hygiene (HH) compliance auditing to allow local, national and international benchmarking. HH compliance (HHC) data was collected manually on a paper form, input to a local database and then emailed to HHA. This process was time consuming, resource intensive.
Highlights
An online database (OLDB) was developed allowing both manual data input and uploading of data collected on a mobile device
Further development included a mobile web application (MWA) which provided for use of mobile devices (Smartphones, iPads etc) to collect data and direct submission into the OLDB via a web interface
The OLDB allows for instant reporting of HHC rates at a unit, hospital, state and national level, by Moment and HCW
Summary
Methods An online database (OLDB) was developed allowing both manual data input and uploading of data collected on a mobile device.
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