| 摘要 |
<p>A method for assessing improvement in hand hygiene practices using sanitation solution dispensers deployed within in healthcare facilities or the like. Each dispenser has an associated counter producing a count indicative of a hand sanitizing event. Other data acquired impacts the number of anticipated hand sanitation events in the particular area of interest. From this data, a number of anticipated hand sanitation events is determined. Finally, a determination is made, from information obtained through actual observation, of the number of opportunities that healthcare workers will have for hand sanitation in that area over a particular period of time. A performance index, indicative of compliance with hand hygiene protocol, is then obtained by dividing the difference between the actual number of hand sanitizing events and the number of anticipated hand hygiene events by the number of opportunities for such hand hygiene events. This index may indicate improvement or regression in hand hygiene practices.</p> |
