Study reports predictors of poor hand hygiene in an emergency department
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers studying hand hygiene of healthcare workers in the emergency department found certain care situations, including bed location and type of healthcare worker performing care, resulted in poorer hand hygiene practice. The study was reported in the November issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.