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Document Type
DNP - University Access Only
Award Date
2018
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Department
Graduate Nursing
First Advisor
Nicole Gibson
Keywords
Hand hygiene, registered nurses, WHO, GlitterBugTM, hand hygiene compliance, multimodal intervention
Abstract
Hand hygiene (HH) has been shown to be a key component in reducing the transmission of organisms in the health care setting yet it is reported HH occurs less than half of the time when indicated. Lack of HH is the leading cause of health care-associated infections and leads to the spread of multi-resistant organisms costing the United States health care system up to $45 billion annually. The Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence Based Practice model was used to form the practice question: In RNs working in the patient care unit (PCU) (P), does a multimodal HH intervention, including classroom education, visual demonstration, and visual reminders (I), compared to current knowledge and compliance rates (C), increase RNs’ knowledge and HH compliance rates for the PCU (O), over a 6-week period (T)? Methods for this project included an educational intervention for RNs on when and how to complete HH. Pre, post, and six-week post-intervention data were collected and compared. Hand hygiene compliance (HHC) rate data from pre and post-intervention were also compared along with aggregate data from one-year prior. Data were analyzed utilizing the SAS® version 9.3 statistical software program. Statistical significance was set at p
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Hand -- Care and hygiene.
Hand washing.
Nurses -- Health and hygiene.
Nurses -- Attitudes.
Hospitals -- Medical staff -- Health and hygiene.
Description
Includes bibliographical references
Format
application/pdf
Number of Pages
136
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights
In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
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Recommended Citation
Moeding, Megan, "Measuring the Effects of a Multimodal Hand Hygiene Intervention and the Impact on Registered Nurses’ Knowledge and Hand Hygiene Compliance in the Acute Hospital Setting" (2018). Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Practice Innovation Projects. 99.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/con_dnp/99