Evaluation of Barriers to Audit-and-Feedback Programs That Used Direct Observation of Hand Hygiene Compliance: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Audit and feedback based on direct observation is a common strategy to improve hand hygiene compliance, but the optimal design and delivery of this intervention are poorly defined.

Objective

To describe barriers encountered by audit-and-feedback programs for hand hygiene across acute care hospitals within the Veterans Health Administration.

Design, setting, and participants

A qualitative study was conducted at a geographically diverse convenience sample of 10 acute care hospitals within the Veterans Health Administration. Participants included 108 infection prevention team personnel and frontline staff. All data were collected between June 30, 2014, and March 18, 2015. Data were analyzed between September 6, 2017, and January 5, 2018.

Main outcomes and m

SUBMITTER: Livorsi DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324430 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature