To understand reasons for hand hygiene noncompliance, just ask noncompliant healthcare workers. This is the approach researchers took in a study whose results have been published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Researchers observed healthcare workers during their daily routines and collected real-time explanations of noncompliance directly after a healthcare worker missed a hand hygiene opportunity. Responses were then sorted according to the Theory Domains Framework, a heuristic to organize components of behavior change research.
Read the full article on Becker's ASC Review.