Abstract
Background/Objectives: Monitoring hand hygiene compliance by direct observation is part of several multimodal hand hygiene promotion programs but difficult to perform during healthcare workers (HCW) routine. Electronic counter devices (EC) are being largely used to monitor hand hygiene (HH) frequency in several healthcare settings. Objective of this study was to describe the frequency of HH at different locations in a Neonate Intensive Care Unit in a Public University Hospital in Brazil. Methods: 28 EC were installed inside coded dispensers filled with either alcohol based hand rub product (ABHR) or soap. Number of HH performed was checked each 24 hours. Descriptive statistics were developed using software Stata and SPSS for Windows. Results: The cumulative number of usages of each dispenser from December 2008 through March 2009 was plotted on the Pareto Diagram below where dispenser # 6 (soap) was used 18,902 times and dispenser # 28 (alcohol) was used nearly 100 times. Dispenser # 6 was a soap dispenser located on the sink at the entrance of the unit where everyone needs to perform hand hygiene and the dispenser # 28 was an ABHR dispenser located at a clean area where they receive cleanmaterials and then soap is more used than ABHR product.
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