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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/lessons-americas-safest-hospitals
November 16, 2016 - September 4, 2013
With money at risk, hospitals push staff to wash hands.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clues-better-health-care-old-malpractice-lawsuits
August 17, 2016 - June 25, 2014
Why hospitals want patients to ask doctors, 'Have you washed your hands
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-takes-page-toyota
April 03, 2005 - March 23, 2011
Why don't doctors wash their hands more?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-list-hospital-hazards
September 09, 2009 - June 25, 2014
Why hospitals want patients to ask doctors, 'Have you washed your hands
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/doctors-use-more-devices-potential-distraction-grows
March 06, 2005 - July 20, 2016
All can be lost: the risk of putting our knowledge in the hands of machines
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/battling-hospital-acquired-infections
June 27, 2018 - October 31, 2014
With money at risk, hospitals push staff to wash hands. … August 29, 2012
Practically speaking: rethinking hand hygiene improvement programs in
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/850355/psn-pdf
June 14, 2023 - Using a human factors framework to assess clinician
perceptions of and barriers to high reliability in hand … Using a human factors framework to assess clinician
perceptions of and barriers to high reliability in hand … Hand hygiene adherence is an essential component of patient safety. … Using the SEIPS 2.0 model, this
study explored clinician perspectives about high reliability in hand … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hand-hygiene-among-physicians-performance-beliefs-and-perceptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/becoming-hand-hygiene-heroes-implementation-infection-prevention-and-control-campaign-patient
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-team-and-leaders-directed-strategy-improve-nurses-adherence-hand-hygiene-guidelines
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-human-factors-framework-assess-clinician-perceptions-and-barriers-high-reliability-hand
December 02, 2020 - Using a human factors framework to assess clinician perceptions of and barriers to high reliability in hand … Using a human factors framework to assess clinician perceptions of and barriers to high reliability in hand … Hand hygiene adherence is an essential component of patient safety. … Using the SEIPS 2.0 model , this study explored clinician perspectives about high reliability in hand … Using a human factors framework to assess clinician perceptions of and barriers to high reliability in hand
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-targeted-solutions-tool-improve-hand-hygiene-compliance-associated-decreased-health
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43248/psn-pdf
July 02, 2014 - Randomized crossover study evaluating the effect of a
hand sanitizer dispenser on the frequency of hand … Randomized crossover study evaluating the effect of a hand
sanitizer dispenser on the frequency of hand … frequency-hand-hygiene
Hand hygiene rates remain disappointingly low among physicians and nurses, despite … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/randomized-crossover-study-evaluating-effect-hand-sanitizer-dispenser-frequency-hand-hygiene … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/randomized-crossover-study-evaluating-effect-hand-sanitizer-dispenser-frequency-hand-hygiene
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/kaiser-permanentes-performance-improvement-system-part-4-creating-learning-organization
July 19, 2023 - September 3, 2011
With money at risk, hospitals push staff to wash hands.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quantification-anesthesia-providers-hand-hygiene-busy-metropolitan-operating-room-what-would
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-successful-speaking-program-health-care-worker-hand-hygiene-behavior
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fallacy-single-diagnosis
October 05, 2022 - October 14, 2020
Why even good physicians do not wash their hands. … experience, and perspective-taking on challenging premature closure after pediatric ICU physicians receive hand-off
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toward-eradication-medical-diagnostic-errors
May 13, 2020 - September 1, 2015
All can be lost: the risk of putting our knowledge in the hands
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/relationship-between-safety-climate-and-occupational-burnout-healthcare-organizations
February 08, 2023 - Tell me how pleased you are with your workplace, and I will tell you how often you wash your hands
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mbrrace-uk-mothers-and-babies-reducing-risk-through-audits-and-confidential-enquiries-across
July 07, 2021 - March 24, 2021
Your Safety in our Hands in Hospital.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43716/psn-pdf
November 17, 2015 - Quantification of the Hawthorne effect in hand hygiene
compliance monitoring using an electronic monitoring … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quantification-hawthorne-effect-hand-hygiene-compliance-monitoring-using … -
electronic
Hand hygiene is a core practice for decreasing health care–associated infections, but … A prior WebM&M perspective reviewed recent strategies for
promoting and monitoring hand hygiene. … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/innovations-promoting-hand-hygiene-compliance