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

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Jun;35(6):717-20. doi: 10.1086/676425. Epub 2014 Apr 22.

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.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesiology*
  • Cross-Over Studies
  • Florida
  • Hand Disinfection*
  • Hospitals, Teaching
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Medical Staff, Hospital*
  • Operating Rooms*
  • Sanitation / instrumentation*