Adherence With Hand Hygiene: Does Number of Sinks Matter?
- 1 March 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 24 (3) , 224-225
- https://doi.org/10.1086/502193
Abstract
We observed adherence with hand hygiene in 14 units at 4 hospitals with varying sink-to-bed ratios (range, 1:1 to 1:6). Adherence was less than 50% in all units and there was no significant trend toward improved hand hygiene with increased sink-to-bed ratios.Keywords
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