Effects of peer monitoring and peer feedback on hand hygiene in surgical intensive care unit and step-down units.
Attempts to increase hand hygiene compliance of health care workers solely through education have met with mixed success. A peer-monitoring and feedback intervention was evaluated to determine the effectiveness in increasing hand hygiene among health care staff at a large teaching hospital. Comparisons of pre- (n = 263) and post- (n = 253) observations revealed that the intervention had a significant effect on increasing hand hygiene compliance after nonpatient contact in a patient's room (P = .006).
University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA. mlangsto@unch.unc.edu
Michael
M
Langston
D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005246:Feedback; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards; D063373:Hand Hygiene / Q000592:standards*; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009731:Nursing Audit / Q000379:methods*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods