title: Variability in hand hygiene practices among internal medicine interns.
abstract: Hand hygiene compliance remains suboptimal among physicians despite quality improvement efforts. We observed hand hygiene compliance among 29 medicine interns at 2 large academic institutions. Overall compliance was 75%. Although 4 interns averaged <40% compliance, 14 averaged at least 80%. Given variability observed among individuals in the same training programs, targeting those with poor performance may be important in improving overall compliance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, NY. Electronic address: lblock2@nshs.edu.
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Block
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Habicht
authors.forename: Fareedat O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Oluyadi
authors.forename: Albert W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Sanjay V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niessen
authors.forename: Kathryn Novello
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Nora
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.forename: Leonard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Feldman
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D063373:Hand Hygiene / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007388:Internal Medicine; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D010820:Physicians
keywords: Graduate medical education; Patient safety; Prevention; Quality of care