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Randomized Crossover Study Evaluating the Effect of a Hand Sanitizer Dispenser on the Frequency of Hand Hygiene among Anesthesiology Staff in the Operating Room

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

L. Silvia Munoz-Price ,
Zalak Patel ,
Shawn Banks ,
Kristopher Arheart ,
Scott Eber ,
David A. Lubarsky  and
David J. Birnbach
L. Silvia Munoz-Price*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida
Zalak Patel
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
Shawn Banks
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
Kristopher Arheart
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida Division of Biostatistics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
Scott Eber
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
David A. Lubarsky
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
David J. Birnbach
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
*
Park Plaza West L-302, 1611 Northwest 12th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136 ([email protected]).
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Abstract

Forty anesthesia providers were evaluated with and without hand sanitizer dispensers present on the anesthesia machine. Having a dispenser increased the frequency of hand hygiene only from 0.5 to 0.8 events per hour (P = .01). Other concomitant interventions are needed to further increase hand hygiene frequency among anesthesia providers.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;35(6):717–720

Type
Original Articles
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 6 , 01 June 2014 , pp. 717 - 720
Copyright
© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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