Application of PDCA cycle to improve hand hygiene compliance among health care workers
10.3969/j.issn.1671-9638.2014.10.010
- VernacularTitle:运用PDCA循环持续提高医务人员手卫生依从性
- Author:
Yufang DAI
;
Jian ZHOU
;
Meiling PENG
;
Shufang JIANG
;
Ti LIU
;
Chengyi FENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
PDCA cycle;
hand hygiene;
hand-washing;
compliance;
healthcare-associated infection;
manage-ment,hospital
- From:
Chinese Journal of Infection Control
2014;(10):616-618
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To improve hand hygiene compliance among health care workers(HCWs)through continu-ous quality improvement,and effectively reduce the incidence of healthcare-associated infection(HAI).Methods Continuous quality improvement was performed by adopting plan-do-check-action(PDCA)cycle,all HCWs were trained,hand hygiene was stressed,periodical and random checking was conducted.Results After the implementa-tion of PDCA cycle,the acknowledge rate of hand hygiene enhanced from 48.00% to 63.99%;hand hygiene com-pliance rate enhanced from 65.11% to 82.40%,the difference were both significant(χ2=12.75,259.65,respective-ly,both P<0.05).The daily consumption of instant hand antiseptic per 1 000 bed day increased obviously,which was 2.95-fold of pre-implementation.Conclusion Continuous quality improvement through PDCA cycle can effec-tively improve hand hygiene compliance rate of HCWs.
