While healthcare professionals are committed to improving hand hygiene, they may not believe their institutions are at fault and themselves are not employing best practices, leading to a cycle of stagnant hand hygiene compliance progress, according to recent survey results from DebMed.
A 2013 DebMed survey of more than 400 U.S. healthcare professionals showed 90 percent of healthcare workers believe "My Five Moments for Hand Hygiene" — the World Health Organization's hand hygiene guidelines — reflects best practices, but only 30 percent of healthcare workers actually follow the guidelines.
In addition, 90 percent of healthcare workers indicated improving hand hygiene was a main priority at their facility. Approximately 60 percent of survey respondents indicated hand hygiene compliance rates through observation of 81 percent or above. However, only 24 percent of these respondents believed that this figure was accurate.
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A 2013 DebMed survey of more than 400 U.S. healthcare professionals showed 90 percent of healthcare workers believe "My Five Moments for Hand Hygiene" — the World Health Organization's hand hygiene guidelines — reflects best practices, but only 30 percent of healthcare workers actually follow the guidelines.
"My Five Moments for Hand Hygiene" best practices inform providers to wash their hands before patient contact, before an aseptic task, after body fluid exposure risk, after patient contact and after contact with patient surroundings.
In addition, 90 percent of healthcare workers indicated improving hand hygiene was a main priority at their facility. Approximately 60 percent of survey respondents indicated hand hygiene compliance rates through observation of 81 percent or above. However, only 24 percent of these respondents believed that this figure was accurate.
