Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-8bhkd Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-05T21:42:56.336Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Adherence With Hand Hygiene: Does Number of Sinks Matter?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Michael O. Vernon ,
William E. Trick ,
Sharon F. Welbel ,
Brian J. Peterson  and
Robert A. Weinstein
Michael O. Vernon*
Affiliation:
Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
William E. Trick
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Sharon F. Welbel
Affiliation:
Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois
Brian J. Peterson
Affiliation:
Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
Robert A. Weinstein
Affiliation:
Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Durand Building, 637 South Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60612
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

We observed adherence with hand hygiene in 14 units at 4 hospitals with varying sink-to-bed ratios (range, 1:1 to 1:6). Adherence was less than 50% in all units and there was no significant trend toward improved hand hygiene with increased sink-to-bed ratios.

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , March 2003 , pp. 224 - 225
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2003

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1.Larson, E, Kretzer, EK. Compliance with handwashing and barrier precautions. J Hosp Infect 1995;30:88–106.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
2.Gould, D. Nurses' hand decontamination practice: results of a local study. J Hosp Infect 1994;28:15–30.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
3.Watanakunakorn, C, Wang, C, Hazy, J. An observational study of hand washing and infection control practices by healthcare workers. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1998;19:858–860.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
4.Pittet, D, Mourouga, P, Perneger, TV. Compliance with handwashing in a teaching hospital: infection control program. Ann Intern Med 1999;130:126–130.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
5.Trick, WE, Vernon, MO, Schwartz, DN, et al.Healthcare worker (HCW) survey regarding antimicrobial resistance (AR) and infection control practices. Presented at the 11th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; April 1-3, 2001; Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Abstract 25.Google Scholar
6.Preston, GA, Larson, EL, Stamm, WE. The effect of private isolation rooms on patient care practices, colonization and infection in an intensive care unit. Am J Med 1981;70:641–645.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
7.Kaplan, LM, McGuckin, M. Increasing handwashing compliance with more accessible sinks. Infect Control 1986;7:408–410.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
8.Austin, DJ, Bonten, MJ, Weinstein, RA, Slaughter, S, Anderson, RM. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in intensive-care hospital settings: transmission dynamics, persistence, and the impact of infection control programs. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1999;96:6908–6913.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed