Tools for hand-hygiene observation

Becker's Hospital Review article lists five tools to monitor hand-hygiene compliance

An article on the Becker's Hospital Review website lists five tools to monitor hand-hygiene compliance. They include:

• A free, downloadable observation form from The World Health Organization that includes a basic compliance calculation table

• A tool from the The Indiana State Department of Health that includes instructions for the infection prevention staff and observers

• Two tools from Johns Hopkins Medicine. One includes four rules for conducting hand hygiene observations, and the other tool allows for more details

June 26, 2014

Topic Area: Safety

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