Pilot randomised controlled trial to improve hand hygiene through mindful moments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To evaluate the effectiveness of a brief mindfulness intervention on hand hygiene performance and mindful attention for inpatient physician teams.

Design

A pilot, pre-test/post-test randomised controlled mixed methods trial.

Setting

One academic medical centre in the USA.

Participants

Four internal medicine physician teams consisting of one attending, one resident, two to three interns and up to four medical students.

Intervention

A facilitated, group-based educational discussion on how mindfulness, as practised through mindful hand hygiene, may improve clinical care and practices in the hospital setting.

Main outcomes and measures

The primary outcome was hand hygiene adherence (percentage) for each patient encounter. Other outcomes wer

SUBMITTER: Gilmartin H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6701174 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature