This is an interesting and important, but different kind of blog...
We learned at the beginning of our academic journeys in nursing that handwashing is the single most effective method to prevent infection, right? Then why do some places struggle to meet hand hygiene compliance rates? Isn't this something we want for every patient, every nurse, every health care worker?
The Joint Commission yesterday, April 13, 2009, released a guide to help health care practitioners assess compliance with hand hygiene guidelines. The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals require accredited organizations to follow recognized hand hygiene guidelines. The monograph reviews the strengths and weaknesses of commonly used approaches to measuring compliance, and includes examples of assessment tools submitted through the Consensus Measurement in Hand Hygiene project, a collaboration with infection prevention and control organizations. The monograph can help health care organizations more effectively measure compliance and strengthen improvement activities that save lives and money.
The fact that this monograph needed to be put inplace sends a message that we are not all doing our part and/or we all can not agree on how comliance is measured. You can visit the monograph at: http://www.jointcommission.org/NR/rdonlyres/68B9CB2F-789F-49DB-9E3F-2FB387666BCC/0/hh_monograph.pdf
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