We can have a long discussion about whether we should routinely collect observational hand hygiene compliance information – I think we should, but others take a different view. But if we decide to collect routine hand hygiene compliance information, there are limitations of what is achievable. A recent study in JHI evaluated using patients as hand hygiene observers in an outpatient setting, which seemed to work pretty well.
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Are we over-complicating effective hand hygiene technique?
The WHO method for hand hygiene is very well embedded as the ‘gold standard’ for hand hygiene technique. But is it feasible to perform every time in the busy clinical environment? A new study in Clinical Infectious Diseases seems to suggest that a shorter, simpler hand hygiene method be just as effective and more feasible in the real world.
Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control 