Auditor perspectives on barriers to achieving healthcare worker hand hygiene compliance goals

We surveyed hand hygiene auditors to identify barriers to healthcare worker hand hygiene compliance in our health system. Most auditors reported being comfortable providing staff feedback on hand hygiene practices; however, there was substantial variability in their comfort level based on the occupa...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joseph Leszczynski, Kevin M. Gibas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-01-01
Series:Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X25000270/type/journal_article
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1823856509775249408
author Joseph Leszczynski
Kevin M. Gibas
author_facet Joseph Leszczynski
Kevin M. Gibas
author_sort Joseph Leszczynski
collection DOAJ
description We surveyed hand hygiene auditors to identify barriers to healthcare worker hand hygiene compliance in our health system. Most auditors reported being comfortable providing staff feedback on hand hygiene practices; however, there was substantial variability in their comfort level based on the occupation of the staff member receiving feedback.
format Article
id doaj-art-8574fcd82ae449d1a8d5ec8905eaae40
institution Kabale University
issn 2732-494X
language English
publishDate 2025-01-01
publisher Cambridge University Press
record_format Article
series Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
spelling doaj-art-8574fcd82ae449d1a8d5ec8905eaae402025-02-12T08:13:52ZengCambridge University PressAntimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology2732-494X2025-01-01510.1017/ash.2025.27Auditor perspectives on barriers to achieving healthcare worker hand hygiene compliance goalsJoseph Leszczynski0Kevin M. Gibas1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9254-9348Brown University School of Public Health, Providence Rhode Island, USADepartment of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence Rhode Island, USA Department of Epidemiology & Infection Prevention, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence Rhode Island, USAWe surveyed hand hygiene auditors to identify barriers to healthcare worker hand hygiene compliance in our health system. Most auditors reported being comfortable providing staff feedback on hand hygiene practices; however, there was substantial variability in their comfort level based on the occupation of the staff member receiving feedback.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X25000270/type/journal_article
spellingShingle Joseph Leszczynski
Kevin M. Gibas
Auditor perspectives on barriers to achieving healthcare worker hand hygiene compliance goals
Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
title Auditor perspectives on barriers to achieving healthcare worker hand hygiene compliance goals
title_full Auditor perspectives on barriers to achieving healthcare worker hand hygiene compliance goals
title_fullStr Auditor perspectives on barriers to achieving healthcare worker hand hygiene compliance goals
title_full_unstemmed Auditor perspectives on barriers to achieving healthcare worker hand hygiene compliance goals
title_short Auditor perspectives on barriers to achieving healthcare worker hand hygiene compliance goals
title_sort auditor perspectives on barriers to achieving healthcare worker hand hygiene compliance goals
url https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X25000270/type/journal_article
work_keys_str_mv AT josephleszczynski auditorperspectivesonbarrierstoachievinghealthcareworkerhandhygienecompliancegoals
AT kevinmgibas auditorperspectivesonbarrierstoachievinghealthcareworkerhandhygienecompliancegoals