Healthcare workers are lax at shift's end /

Series: Nursing 2015. 45 : 2, page 31 Publication details: February 2015.ISSN:

0360-4039

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Summary: 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.

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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.

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