Randomized crossover study evaluating the effect of a hand sanitizer dispenser on the frequency of hand hygiene among anesthesiology staff in the operating room

L. Silvia Munoz-Price; Zalak Patel; Shawn Banks; Kristopher Arheart; Scott Eber; David A. Lubarsky; David J. Birnbach

doi:10.1086/676425

Randomized crossover study evaluating the effect of a hand sanitizer dispenser on the frequency of hand hygiene among anesthesiology staff in the operating room

L. Silvia Munoz-Price, Zalak Patel, Shawn Banks, Kristopher Arheart, Scott Eber, David A. Lubarsky, David J. Birnbach

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Abstract

Forty anesthesia providers were evaluated with and without hand sanitizer dispensers present on the anesthesia machine. Having a dispenser increased the frequency of hand hygiene only from 0.5 to 0.8 events per hour (P =.01). Other concomitant interventions are needed to further increase hand hygiene frequency among anesthesia providers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	717-720
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	35
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/676425
State	Published - Jun 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Randomized crossover study evaluating the effect of a hand sanitizer dispenser on the frequency of hand hygiene among anesthesiology staff in the operating room. / Silvia Munoz-Price, L.; Patel, Zalak; Banks, Shawn et al.
In: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 35, No. 6, 06.2014, p. 717-720.

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