Journal of Infectious Diseases & Preventive Medicine
Open Access
ISSN: 2329-8731
ISSN: 2329-8731
Jiapeng Huang
University of Louisville, USA
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Infect Dis Preve Med
Hand hygiene (HH) compliance is low and difficult to improve among healthcare workers. We aim to validate a new electronic HH system (Sanibit system) and assess the impact of this system on HH compliance and quality changes over time at both group and individual levels. The Sanibit system is a sensor-based platform with automated HH compliance and quality monitoring, real-time feedback, and comprehensive HH compliance analysis. The Sanibit system was installed in a 10-bed surgical intensive care unit. The full HH compliance rate increased significantly from 8.4% in week 01 to 20.5% in week 16 with week 10 being the highest (27.4%). The partial compliance rate maintained relative consistency between 13.2 % to 20.0 %. The combined compliance rate (full compliance rate + partial compliance rate) increased from 23.5% in week 01 to 34.6% in week 16 with week 10 being the highest (41.4%). We found significant variations among providers in terms of HH opportunities per shift, full compliance, partial compliance and combined compliance rates. The average duration of hand rubbing over time in partial compliance occurrences did not change significantly over time. In conclusion, a sensorbased platform with automated HH compliance and quality monitoring, real time feedback and comprehensive individual level analysis, improved providers’ HH compliance in an ICU. There were significant variations among individual providers.