Study: Hospital Staff Drastically Overestimate Their Hand Hygiene Compliance

Hand hygiene compliance rates differ drastically depending on whether they are measured through direct observation or are self-reported by staff, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

Researchers studied compliance to the World Health Organization's five moments of hand hygiene in a hospital in Thailand.

Read the full story on hand hygiene compliance in Becker's ASC Review.

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