Healthcare workers are lax at shift's end /
Healthcare workers are lax at shift's end /
- February 2015.
- Nursing 2015 45 : 2, page 31 .
Nurses and other healthcare personnel who work in hospitals perform less and less hand hygiene as their workday progresses. In a study involving over 4,150 caregivers in 35 US hospitals, researchers found that "hand hygiene compliance rates dropped by a regression-estimated 8.7 percentage points on average from the beginning to the end of a typical 12-hour work shift. This decline in compliance was magnified by increased work intensity.
Nursing
0360-4039
Hygiene.
Medical personnel.
Hands.
Hospitals.
Compliance.
United States.
Nurses and other healthcare personnel who work in hospitals perform less and less hand hygiene as their workday progresses. In a study involving over 4,150 caregivers in 35 US hospitals, researchers found that "hand hygiene compliance rates dropped by a regression-estimated 8.7 percentage points on average from the beginning to the end of a typical 12-hour work shift. This decline in compliance was magnified by increased work intensity.
Nursing
0360-4039
Hygiene.
Medical personnel.
Hands.
Hospitals.
Compliance.
United States.