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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

Read the article.

 



June 26, 2014


Topic Area: Safety

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