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Archive > March, 2011 Vol. XII, No. 3

Secrets to Perfect Hand-Hygiene Compliance

Every surgical patient should generate 72 hand-sanitizing episodes of about 1ml each.

Marcia Patrick, RN, MSN, CIC

Do you know how much hand sanitizer and soap your surgical team goes through every week? Coupled with direct observation, the simple act of tracking your hand-hygiene compliance is a good way to improve compliance. Our state hospital association asks each facility to measure the amount of liquid hand sanitizer and soap it uses. We then use a simple formula to measure compliance. You divide the number of surgical patients by the number of empty sanitizer and soap containers. Every surgical patient should generate 72 hand-sanitizing episodes of about 1ml each, according to research pioneered by Maryanne McGuckin, DrScEd, MT, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

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