Handwashing
Surgery centers should adhere to hand hygiene best practices identified by Leapfrog's National Hand Hygiene Expert Panel and adopted in part from the World Health Organization’s Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework.
The measure assesses surgery center adherence to practices that fall into the following five (5) domains:
- Monitoring, including monitoring proper hand hygiene technique
- Feedback, including evaluations and use of compliance data
- Training and Education, including demonstrations of technique
- Infrastructure, including hand sanitizer dispensers
- Culture, including leadership buy-in
Reporting Period
- 2023
Patients Included in the Measure
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Outpatients (Patients who are admitted and discharged on the same day)
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Adults and Children