title: Pharmacist participation in infection prevention: an innovative approach to monitoring compliance with the Five Moments for Hand Hygiene in a large academic medical center.
abstract: Using pharmacy residents as covert observers, we evaluated compliance with hand hygiene and contact precautions among 101 unique health care workers on entrance, exit, and inside rooms of patients with known or suspected Clostridium difficile infection. Overall compliance rates with hand hygiene upon entering and exiting patient rooms were 63.4% and 69.3%, respectively. However, there was a lack of hand hygiene inside patient rooms for the observed opportunities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI. Electronic address: jbergsbaken@uwhealth.org.
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bergsbaken
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI.
authors.forename: Lucas T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI.
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Trapskin
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection Control, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marx
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
authors.forename: Nasia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Safdar
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D063373:Hand Hygiene / Q000379:methods*; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans
keywords: Clostridium difficile infection; Glove; Gown; Hand hygiene compliance monitoring; Infection control