The findings are presented in order of publication, from January through April.
1. A hand hygiene compliance project among anesthesia providers in the operating room significantly improved compliance with each of the World Health Organization's "My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene" indications, as well as overall compliance.
2. A recent study found 51 percent of intensive care unit staff indicated low satisfaction with an electronic hand hygiene system.
3. Rates of stethoscope cleaning and hand hygiene performance in an emergency department setting were lower than expected, a study published in March, shows.
4. Healthcare workers in ICUs regularly missed hand hygiene opportunities, and they moved from dirtier to cleaner patient care tasks in two-thirds of the task transitions recorded, researchers from the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City, Iowa, found.
5. Healthcare workers performed hand hygiene before putting on nonsterile gloves less than half of the time, according to a recent study.
6. Compliance with the World Health Organization's "My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene" approach is low, with only 21 percent of healthcare workers able to recall all five moments, a study published in April, found.