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Archive >  Infection Control 2003

Do You Need to Brush Up on Your Hand Hygiene IQ?

Non-compliance with hand hygiene guidelines remains a problem in many facilities.

Nancy B. Bjerke, RN, MPH, CIC

include "_nav_tab.php";Hand hygiene is the front line of defense against nosocomial infections, which affect more than 2 million patients each year. Unfortunately, non-compliance with hand washing is a common problem in many facilities. Nurses say they wash their hands up to three times more often than they actually do,[1] and one report showed that doctors washed their hands just 9 percent of the time before patient contact, even though they estimated their hand-washing frequency at 73 percent.[2] In addition, when they do wash or scrub, many clinicians unknowingly use improper procedure. There are many reasons for this, including growing demands on practitioners, forgetfulness and skin irritation that can result from repeated hand washing. This 18-question quiz will help you review the basics of good hand hygiene.

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