Study Reinforces Previous Literature on Technology's Positive Impact on Hand Hygiene Compliance

Results from a study presented this week by Miami Children's Hospital at the National Patient Safety Foundation's 14th Annual Patient Safety Conference supports previously published literature that suggests healthcare technology could improve hand hygiene compliance.

 



MCH implemented HyGreen Hand Hygiene Recording and Reminding System and reported a 67 percent drop in healthcare-associated infections from Oct. 1, 2010 to Dec. 31, 2011. Other results from the study include the following:

•    Hand hygiene observations increased by 1,000 percent.
•    Hand hygiene compliance was consistently maintained above 90 percent for all shifts.
•    In reviewing three years of infection data, urinary tract infections and bloodstream infections decreased 100 percent and central line bloodstream infections decreased 84.4 percent.

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