Identifying interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in the intensive care unit through co-design with stakeholders.

ABSTRACT: Background: Despite the effectiveness of hand hygiene (HH) for infection control, there is a lack of robust scientific data to guide how HH can be improved in intensive care units (ICUs).  The aim of this study is to use the literature, researcher, and stakeholder opinion to explicate potential interventions for improving HH compliance in the ICU, and provide an indication of the suitability of these interventions. Methods: A four-phase co-design study was designed. First, data from a previously completed systematic literature review was used in order to identify unique components of existing interventions to improve HH in ICUs. Second, a workshop was held with a panel of 10 experts to identify additional intervention components. Third, the 91 intervention components resultin

SUBMITTER: Lambe K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8243226 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature