The presence of a hand sanitizer dispenser in the operating room increased hand hygiene compliance among primary anesthesia providers by 60 percent, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
Researchers compared the effectiveness of mounting a hand sanitizer dispenser on the anesthesia machine in the operating room versus having only a wall-mounted hand sanitizer dispenser.
They found having a dispenser on the anesthesia machine increased the frequency of hand hygiene events from 0.5 to 0.8 events per hour, an increase of 60 percent.
However, researchers suggest more interventions should be studied to further increase hand hygiene frequency among anesthesiologists.
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