C361 EBP Task 2 Hand Hygiene Compliance Evidence Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research

EBP Task 2 A1. Healthcare Problem Despite hand hygiene being recognized as the single most important step in the prevention of hospital acquired infections (HAI), compliance among hospital staff remains low. This not only impacts the patient's morbidity and mortality it also places the financial burden of these infections on the health care institution.
A2. Significance of Problem Poor hand hygiene compliance is a significant healthcare problem not only the United States but globally as well. Hospital acquired infections have an incidence rate of up to 10% and increase the affected patients mortality by 10-40%. Hand hygiene is an easy and cost-effective measure to prevent HAIs...