title: Hand sanitizer-dispensing door handles increase hand hygiene compliance: a pilot study.
abstract: Improving rates of hand hygiene compliance (HHC) has been shown to reduce nosocomial disease. We compared the HHC for a traditional wall-mounted unit and a novel sanitizer-dispensing door handle device in a hospital inpatient ultrasound area. HHC increased 24.5%-77.1% (P < .001) for the exam room with the sanitizer-dispensing door handle, whereas it remained unchanged for the other rooms. Technical improvements like a sanitizer-dispensing door handle can improve hospital HHC.
authors.affiliation: The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: lbabiar1@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Lukasz S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Babiarz
authors.affiliation: The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Brent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Savoie
authors.affiliation: The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McGuire
authors.affiliation: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McConnell
authors.affiliation: The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nagy
mesh_terms: D004202:Disinfectants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D063373:Hand Hygiene / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects
chemical_list: D004202:Disinfectants
keywords: Handwashing; Infection control; Nosocomial disease