Changing behavior – ensuring hand hygiene is an institutional priority

نویسندگان

  • J Bradford
  • J Brett
  • A Bull
  • B Kennedy
  • S Borrell
  • A McMillan
  • M Richards
چکیده

Methods All 86 acute public Health Services in Victoria were funded to participate and submit three hand hygiene compliance audits per year. Education, resources and auditor training was provided. Healthcare worker hand hygiene compliance was assessed by direct observation using a tool based on the WHO 5 Moments. In 2009 an organisational hand hygiene compliance benchmark was included in the Health Service Performance Management Framework of the Department of Health. Health Service Chief Executive Officers (CEO) were provided quarterly feedback as to their performance against the agreed benchmark, this performance was also made known between organisations.

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دوره 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011