Page 16 - Hoag Orthopedic Institute 2017 Outcomes Report
P. 16

CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND INFECTION PREVENTION CONTINUED
HAND HYGIENE PROGRAM
The CDC considers inadequate hand hygiene to be one of the biggest causes of 700,000 or more hospital-acquired infections found in the nation’s hospitals each year.
In FY 2016 to protect patients, HOI conducted
its most comprehensive program to date. Multidisciplinary team members rounded as “secret shoppers” for hand hygiene audits. HOI staff conducted an average of 1,316 hand hygiene observations per quarter.
The lowest number of observations was 1,270 per quarter, and the highest quarter yielded 2,399 observations. Other elements of this program included:
• All staff members and physicians received ongoing education on hand hygiene, as well as HOI infection rates.
• All patients viewed an educational video at the beginning of their stay, empowering them to remind health care providers
and visitors to perform hand hygiene.
• Each patient received a travel-size bottle of hand sanitizer in the admission kit.
• Hand sanitizer dispenser locations were reassessed and in some cases relocated to improve hand hygiene compliance and work ow.
Patti Steger, manager of infection prevention, and Philip Robinson, MD, medical director of infection prevention
HOI Overall Hand Hygiene Compliance
100
90
80 70 60 50
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 FY 2015 FY 2015 FY 2015 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2016 FY 2016 FY 2016
Updated October 2016
Source: HOI Infection Prevention
Hand hygiene goal is greater than 90%. Studies have shown that higher hand hygiene compliance correlates to a lower hospital-acquired infection rate.
11 | HOAG ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTE


































































































   14   15   16   17   18