Engaging the nursing workforce: an evidence-based tool kit.
Hand hygiene is critical to the safety of patients in hospitals today.


OBJECTIVE
Engaging staff, physicians, patients, and visitors in hand hygiene is important to create a safe environment. The author discusses the development and implementation of an evidence-based practice guideline for improving hand hygiene and application of that guideline in an academic medical center setting.


METHODS
Establishment of a multidisciplinary team committed to improving organizational performance, development of a practice guideline, organizational assessment, and the implementation of a multimodal intervention plan are all keys to success.


CONCLUSIONS
Organizational culture can be changed utilizing an evidence-based, organization-specific approach to hand hygiene.
Day
Cindy
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Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, California, USA. cday@stanfordmed.org
D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease / Q000517:prevention & control; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D007857:Leadership; D009729:Nursing; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic