Spreading of hand hygiene change package across an acute hospital
A systematic approach to hand hygiene improvement based on spread literature successfully improved and sustained hospital-wide hand hygiene compliance. Success factors included the development of a change package that had clear guiding principles, with the intent to create proactive learning cycles within units which could be adapted to work in various contexts.
Authors
- Seow Yen Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7870-2879)
- Rajkumar Chandran
- Alvin Chew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1604-6671)
- Vijo Poulose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6069-5700)
- Augustine Tee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4798-871X)
- A Punithavathi
- Woo Boon Ang
- Ming Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8708-015X)
Institutions
- Changi General Hospital (SG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open Quality
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2024-003220
- Primary Topic
- Infection Control in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00