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61. Practically speaking: rethinking hand hygiene improvement programs in health care settings. | PSNet
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    September 03, 2011 - Study Practically speaking: rethinking hand hygiene improvement programs in health … Practically speaking: Rethinking hand hygiene improvement programs in health care settings. … This study describes a rigorous, human factors –based approach to improving hand hygiene at an academic … Practically speaking: Rethinking hand hygiene improvement programs in health care settings. … , train, monitor and report hand hygiene.

62. Infusing fun into quality and safety initiatives. | PSNet
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    October 19, 2022 - Nursing staff introduced a hand hygiene –themed game, jingle, and music video to improve hand hygiene … 7, 2015 View More Related Resources Impact of a hospital-wide hand … December 30, 2014 Hand hygiene compliance for patient safety. … 2014 Culture change in infection control: applying psychological principles to improve hand … September 18, 2013 Parent willingness to remind health care workers to perform hand hygiene

63. Using the Targeted Solutions Tool to improve hand hygiene compliance is associated with decreased health care–associated infections. | PSNet
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    August 18, 2021 - Study Using the Targeted Solutions Tool to improve hand hygiene compliance is associated … Using the Targeted Solutions Tool® to Improve Hand Hygiene Compliance Is Associated with Decreased Health … Following implementation of the web-based Targeted Solutions Tool in a 12-hospital health system, hand … Using the Targeted Solutions Tool® to Improve Hand Hygiene Compliance Is Associated with Decreased Health … December 9, 2015 An evaluation of hand hygiene in an intensive care unit: are visitors

64. A quality improvement approach to standardization and sustainability of the hand-off process. | PSNet
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    May 15, 2019 - Commentary A quality improvement approach to standardization and sustainability of the hand-off … A Quality Improvement Approach to Standardization and Sustainability of the Hand-off Process. … A Quality Improvement Approach to Standardization and Sustainability of the Hand-off Process. … October 13, 2018 Inadequate hand-off communication. … Topic Hospitals Facility and Group Administrators Medicine Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off

65. The safety stand-down: a technique for improving and sustaining hand hygiene compliance among health care personnel. | PSNet
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    August 01, 2018 - Study The safety stand-down: a technique for improving and sustaining hand hygiene … The Safety Stand-down: A Technique for Improving and Sustaining Hand Hygiene Compliance Among Health … Appropriate hand hygiene is essential for preventing health care–associated infections . … The Safety Stand-down: A Technique for Improving and Sustaining Hand Hygiene Compliance Among Health … April 24, 2015 Practically speaking: rethinking hand hygiene improvement programs in

66. An integrative review of the current evidence on the relationship between hand hygiene interventions and the incidence of health care-associated infections. | PSNet
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    February 22, 2023 - Review An integrative review of the current evidence on the relationship between hand … An integrative review of the current evidence on the relationship between hand hygiene interventions … This review analyzed the literature on hand hygiene interventions and whether such practices reduce health … An integrative review of the current evidence on the relationship between hand hygiene interventions … March 6, 2019 Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care.

67. Improving patient safety by implementing a standardized and consistent approach to hand-off communication. | PSNet
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    March 01, 2023 - Improving patient safety by implementing a standardized and consistent approach to hand-off … Improving patient safety by implementing a standardized and consistent approach to hand-off communication … Improving patient safety by implementing a standardized and consistent approach to hand-off communication … August 17, 2016 Promoting patient safety with perioperative hand-off communication. … Problems Structured Hand-offs

68. Becoming Hand Hygiene Heroes: implementation of an infection prevention and control campaign for patient and family hospital safety. | PSNet
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    June 15, 2016 - Study Becoming Hand Hygiene Heroes: implementation of an infection prevention and … Becoming hand hygiene heroes: implementation of an infection prevention and control campaign for patient … Maintaining hand hygiene is a critical safety activity for patients , families, and healthcare workers … This study describes a quality improvement project to increase hand hygiene among patients, families, … Over the 2-year project period, overall hand hygiene rates improved, but rates among individual units

69. Impact of a team and leaders-directed strategy to improve nurses' adherence to hand hygiene guidelines: a cluster randomised trial. | PSNet
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    November 19, 2009 - Impact of a team and leaders-directed strategy to improve nurses' adherence to hand … Impact of a team and leaders-directed strategy to improve nurses' adherence to hand hygiene guidelines … In this cluster randomized trial, a strategy that sought to improve nurses' hand hygiene by emphasizing … However, the overall rate of hand hygiene adherence remained poor in both groups. … Impact of a team and leaders-directed strategy to improve nurses' adherence to hand hygiene guidelines

70. Impact of a successful speaking up program on health-care worker hand hygiene behavior. | PSNet
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    February 11, 2015 - Commentary Impact of a successful speaking up program on health-care worker hand … Citation Text: Impact of a successful speaking up program on health-care worker hand hygiene behavior … Improving hand hygiene in health care facilities is a long-standing patient safety goal that has been … This commentary describes how one institution implemented an initiative to address hand washing compliance … The intervention has sustained improvements in physician hand hygiene adherence for nearly two years

71. Spotlight (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - to missed hand injuries … Hand Examination (4) • Patient factors can limit the quality and completeness of the hand examination … hand injuries … Burden of Hand Maladies in US Emergency Departments. HAND. 2018;13(2):228-236. [Free full text] 3. … Examination (1) Hand Examination (2) Hand Examination (3) Hand Examination (4) Hand Examination

72. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    August 03, 2022 - Implementation of hand hygiene in health-care facilities: results from the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment … Implementation of hand hygiene in health-care facilities: results from the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-hand-hygiene-health-care-facilities-results-who-hand-hygiene … This study examined the level of hand hygiene implementation using the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment … /issue/save-lives-clean-your-hands https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/randomized-crossover-study-evaluating-effect-hand-sanitizer-dispenser-frequency-hand-hygiene

73. Quantification of anesthesia providers' hand hygiene in a busy metropolitan operating room: what would Semmelweis think? | PSNet
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    September 20, 2023 - Study Quantification of anesthesia providers' hand hygiene in a busy metropolitan … Quantification of anesthesia providers' hand hygiene in a busy metropolitan operating room: what would … This study found that anesthesia providers had poor rates of hand hygiene, which led to multiple interventions … Quantification of anesthesia providers' hand hygiene in a busy metropolitan operating room: what would … September 20, 2023 Practically speaking: rethinking hand hygiene improvement programs

74. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    January 31, 2024 - Recognize the risk of occult hand tendon injuries. … Background The hand is a highly specialized anatomic unit. … Imaging Imaging is routine for most hand injuries but is not necessary for all hand lacerations. … A thorough hand examination, including neurovascular and functional testing, is required for all hand … Burden of hand maladies in US emergency departments. HAND. 2018;13(2):228-236.

75. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    January 22, 2025 - Becoming Hand Hygiene Heroes: implementation of an infection prevention and control campaign for patient … Becoming hand hygiene heroes: implementation of an infection prevention and control campaign for patient … Maintaining hand hygiene is a critical safety activity for patients, families, and healthcare workers … This study describes a quality improvement project to increase hand hygiene among patients, families … Over the 2-year project period, overall hand hygiene rates improved, but rates among individual units

76. Hand-off bundle implementation associated with decreased medical errors and preventable adverse events on an academic family medicine in-patient unit: A pre-post study. | PSNet
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    December 12, 2021 - Study Hand-off bundle implementation associated with decreased medical errors and … Hand-off bundle implementation associated with decreased medical errors and preventable adverse events … The implementation of a standardized hand-off bundle modeled on the I-PASS tool (incorporating illness … Hand-off bundle implementation associated with decreased medical errors and preventable adverse events … More About The Topic Researchers Hospitals Family Medicine Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off

77. An integrative review exploring the perceptions of patients and healthcare professionals towards patient involvement in promoting hand hygiene compliance in the hospital setting. | PSNet
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    March 06, 2019 - exploring the perceptions of patients and healthcare professionals towards patient involvement in promoting hand … exploring the perceptions of patients and healthcare professionals towards patient involvement in promoting hand … This review of studies of patient engagement in hand hygiene programs found some evidence that patients … are willing to raise concerns regarding hand hygiene, especially with nurses, but also identified factors … exploring the perceptions of patients and healthcare professionals towards patient involvement in promoting hand

78. A Laceration that Needed a Proper Exam, Not an X-Ray | PSNet
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    November 25, 2020 - Recognize the risk of occult hand tendon injuries. … Imaging Imaging is routine for most hand injuries but is not necessary for all hand lacerations. … A thorough hand examination, including neurovascular and functional testing, is required for all hand … Burden of hand maladies in US emergency departments. … Missed injuries in the acutely traumatised hand.

79. Microbiological evaluation of two hand hygiene procedures achieved by healthcare workers during routine patient care: a randomized study. | PSNet
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    June 13, 2011 - Study Microbiological evaluation of two hand hygiene procedures achieved by healthcare … Microbiological evaluation of two hand hygiene procedures achieved by healthcare workers during routine … This study compared hand rubbing with an alcohol-based solution and traditional hand washing to determine … Results demonstrated greater efficacy with hand rubbing and decreased risk for transient pathogens with … Microbiological evaluation of two hand hygiene procedures achieved by healthcare workers during routine

80. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    November 11, 2020 - out of mind: a prospective observational study to estimate the duration of the Hawthorne effect on hand … out of mind: a prospective observational study to estimate the duration of the Hawthorne effect on hand … Hand hygiene is an essential practice for decreasing healthcare-associated infections but achieving … influence of the Hawthorne Effect on hand hygiene. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-improve-hand-hygiene-compliance-patient-care