If there is one group of clinicians that is particularly pivotal to the success of any quality improvement initiatives — including though regarding hand hygiene compliance — it’s the nurses who work ...

They study revealed nurses had an average burden of 55 hand hygiene opportunities per 24 hours, or 27 hand hygiene opportunities per shift. This is roughly three times higher than the burden ...

Efforts to improve hand hygiene at health organizations must include nurses, according to an article at Becker's Hospital Review. Hospitals have long understood the importance of hand-hygiene ...

Nurses have reflected on the “critical importance” of good hand hygiene for safe and effective nursing care and have recognised the need to lead the way in this practice and stamp out unnecessary ...

(HealthDay News) — A multifaceted intervention can improve hand hygiene compliance among emergency nurses and technicians, according to a study published in the March issue of the Journal of Emergency ...

Health system is focusing on new technology and new innovations to improve patient safety, quality director says. Although observations showed a 90% hand hygiene compliance across the health system ...

Doctors and nurses in government hospitals were found washing their hands only 20% of the time even during the pandemic. Worse, only in less than one out of ten times did they follow all the essential ...