Creating a Sustainable Culture of Safety Related to Hand Hygiene in an Integrated Health System

Creating sustainable change in culture is a challenge in the busy healthcare environment. Hand hygiene performance has been a challenge since the time of Semmelweis and Florence Nightingale. In 2014, an interdisciplinary team set out to increase hand hygiene practice and create a culture of safety r...

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Published in:American journal of infection control 2016-06, Vol.44 (6), p.S8-S8
Main Authors: Masterson, Chris, BSN, RN, Pfaff, Bridget L., MS, Dettmering, Cheryl, BSN, RN, Fleis, Jennifer, BSN, RN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cultural change
Hygiene
Infection Control
Infectious Disease
Patient safety
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Summary:Creating sustainable change in culture is a challenge in the busy healthcare environment. Hand hygiene performance has been a challenge since the time of Semmelweis and Florence Nightingale. In 2014, an interdisciplinary team set out to increase hand hygiene practice and create a culture of safety related to hand hygiene.
ISSN:0196-6553
1527-3296
DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2016.04.172