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The effect of education on improving hand hygiene

compliance among healthcare workers
Abstract Volume 3 Issue 2 - 2019

Background: Proper hand hygiene is the most effective way to reduce healthcare-
Mary Thisbe Quilab, Shamarra Johnson,
associated infections (HAI). Hand hygiene compliance rates among healthcare workers
remain unsatisfactory. This study investigated the effects of unit in-service education on
Christian Schadt, Abigail Mitchell
Simmons University, USA
hand hygiene compliance in an Interventional Radiology and Cardiac Catheterization
Laboratory department in a tertiary hospital in Florida. Correspondence: Abigail Mitchell RN, Simmons University,
Methods: An observational study was conducted for five weeks. A total of 120 participants, USA, Tel 716-829-8218, Email
consisting of 40 physicians, 40 registered nurses, 40 technologists were observed by a
Received: March 02, 2019 | Published: April 02, 2019
secret shopper pre-education and post education. A pre-education baseline compliance rate
was established for each group. Pre-education observation occurred for two weeks before
the intervention, one week for the implementation of unit in-service education, another two
weeks for post education observation. The hand hygiene audit tool was utilized to record
the observation data.
Data analysis: Quantitative data were analyzed using a one-tailed T-test to determine P
values for each group.
Results: Results showed a 20 % increase among physicians, 15% among nurses and 5%
among technologists. There was a statistical significance for the physician and nurse groups.
Conclusion: The study implies that education is an effective intervention in improving
hand hygiene compliance rates among the staff in the interventional radiology and cardiac
catheterization department.

Keywords: hand hygiene compliance, hand hygiene, education, healthcare workers,

healthcare-associated infections

Introduction disabilities which could contribute to a massive and financial burden

to the patients, families and the healthcare system. Compliance
The rate of healthcare-associated infections has been on the rise with safe hand hygiene practices is unsatisfactorily low among
resulting in prolonged hospital stay and economic burden to the healthcare workers worldwide. Currently, the baseline compliance
healthcare system. Health-associated infections (HAI) are a significant rate of hand hygiene in the Interventional Radiology and Cardiac
cause of increased morbidity and mortality. Substandard hand hygiene Catheterization Laboratory department is only 79%. The standard
practices increase the risk of health-associated infections. One of hand hygiene compliance should be above 91%, as recommended by
the best practices to prevent healthcare-associated infections is the World Health Organization. Hence, the objective of this quality
hand hygiene technique. Studies have shown that the hand hygiene improvement project was to evaluate the effect of a quarterly unit in-
compliance rate among healthcare workers has been disturbingly service education on improving hand hygiene compliance rate among
low, leading to an increase in healthcare-associated infections. the staff in the Interventional Radiology and Cardiac Catheterization
The research question for this quality improvement project: Does Laboratory department in a tertiary hospital in Florida.
providing quarterly hand hygiene education to the staff working in
the Interventional Radiology and Cardiac catheterization laboratory Nursing theorist
department improve hand hygiene compliance rates? The World Health
Organization (WHO) estimated that hand hygiene compliance among Florence Nightingale, the first nursing researcher, is the founder of
healthcare workers is between 5% and 81%, with 40% as the average. modern nursing. She was an English, social reformer who was born in
Almost two million healthcare-associated infections occur every year Florence, Italy. Nightingale organized the care of the wounded soldiers
across the United States, according to the Centers for Control and during the Crimean war in the p1800’s. She was making rounds and
Disease Prevention. Hand hygiene is recognized to be the single factor checking the wounded soldiers at night; hence she gained the title
in reducing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). According to the “The Lady with the Lamp.” Florence Nightingale established the
Centers for Control and Disease and Prevention,1 roughly, healthcare first nursing school in the world in the year 1860 which then became
workers do not wash their hand as often as possible, which contributes the foundation of professional nursing.3 Some of Nightingale’s
to the increasing number of healthcare-associated infections. The CDC outstanding works were sanitary reform and visual presentation of
also reported that 1 in 25 hospital patients develop health-associated statistics. She created the first nurses’ notes that eventually became
infections in any given day. Globally, millions of patients are affected the basis of scientific nursing research and practice. Her lasting
by health-associated infections yearly.2 Infections result in prolonged contribution to modern nursing sets an example of compassion and
hospital stay, severe illness, high hospital costs and induce long-term commitment to patient care. Florence Nightingale developed the

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Environmental Theory in the second half of the nineteenth century; factors that influence hand hygiene noncompliance is skin irritation
the theory focuses on the environmental factors that affect the health and dermatitis. The pain and irritation from hand washing in abrasive
of patients. Florence Nightingale proposed that the environment has cleansers several times during a shift prevent healthcare workers from
a strong influence on patient outcomes. Therefore, poor hand hygiene effectively washing their hands before, during, and after patient care. In
can pose a direct threat to patient outcomes by placing them at risk for response, many facilities are incorporating gentle cleansers, waterless
healthcare-associated infections. alcohol-based rubs, and hand lotions address the issue of dermatitis.8
Another barrier to hand hygiene in healthcare organizations mentioned
Literature review by Molinari8 was the lack of education and knowledge regarding hand
A literature search process was performed from nursing databases hygiene principles, guidelines, and protocols. Evidence supporting
on hand hygiene compliance improvement strategies The primary this observation has led many organizations to increase education and
databases used for the search were: Cochrane Systematic Reviews, awareness of effective hand hygiene among healthcare workers.
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) An article by Andersson et al.9 also illustrates the importance of
MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, and Google Scholar. The key search addressing barriers and challenges to achieve success for a change
terms used were hand hygiene compliance, healthcare workers, hand initiative. It is typical for staff members to resist change, but when the
hygiene, knowledge, hand hygiene practices, healthcare-associated right approach is used, beneficial outcomes are realized in facilitating
infections. Research studies published within the last five years, from the move. Unlike in the study by Fox et al.6, Andersson et al.9 lay the
the year 2013-2018 were selected. foundation for subsequent research that aims to use education as a
way of improving hand hygiene compliance among health workers.
Hand hygiene
Andersson et al.9 indicate that individuals should be allowed to
Hand hygiene aims to combat the spread of infection. Nosocomial express their opinions because when these opinions are taken into
infections are a burden on our health care system. These kinds of considerations and the fears of the targeted people addressed, the result
infections increase the length of hospital stay, cause harm, and can is motivated and enthusiastic people. Once again, Pan et al.10 indicated
impact the financial situation on our health care system significantly.4 the essence of using an educational approach that motivates healthcare
This meta-analysis demonstrated by the researchers showed that $9.8 workers to increase compliance with hand hygiene protocols of the
billion annually was spent by hospitals in the United States due to the facilities in which they work. The intensity of an educational program
five leading nosocomial infections (healthcare-associated infections, is not as effective as supporting and providing feedback to the targeted
catheter-associated urinary tract infections, ventilator-associated healthcare workers.
pneumonia, surgical site infections, Clostridium Difficile, and central
line-associated bloodstream infections). Nosocomial infections are Improving compliance rates
one of the most preventable sources of harm, more strategies to Reduced hand hygiene compliance among healthcare professionals
prevent these infections should be the focus. A prospective cohort is considered a global problem, even though hand hygiene is very plain
looked at the cost and length of stay associated with nosocomial and straightforward.11 The study conducted by Nteli et al.11 among
infection. It was determined that these infections doubled the cost of healthcare workers in a pediatric intensive care unit demonstrated
the hospital stay and doubled the length of stay versus those without an increase of HH compliance 31.8% to a staggering 67.7%. Similar
a nosocomial infection.5 studies have shown increased compliance after an educational
A study by Fox et al.6 indicated that a hand hygiene protocol was intervention. Although the compliance rate was increased instantly
useful in reducing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The study after the first educational intervention, an essential finding of this
adopted a pre-experimental study design where a patient hand hygiene study is that after six months after the first educational intervention,
protocol was the intervention whose effectiveness was evaluated after the compliance rate has declined. Hand hygiene compliance differs
12 months. The research, however, did not focus on education as a considerably among healthcare professions. Many studies found out
strategy that could ensure hand hygiene compliance and associated that nurses have increased compliance than doctors. The research
significant positive effects. Even though a form of education was of Nteli et al.11 agreed that doctors have a low compliance rate than
utilized in this study, it adopted a punitive approach instead of a nurses. It is challenging for most healthcare facilities to improve hand
practical approach. It is easier to implement change when individuals hygiene compliance of staff. Hand hygiene compliance is a state of
realize the benefit of the change as opposed to forcing individuals to mind and behavioral.
do something. Niyonzima et al.7 showed that educational intervention According to Midturi et al.12 increasing awareness of hand
only is not enough to achieve the intended change. Understanding the hygiene at any level contributes to improved compliance among
challenges and barriers that might impede the proposed amendment healthcare workers. They found that a multimodal approach led by
is equally important to minimize resistance and encourage adoption the administrative leadership resulted in the increased sustainability
to the transition. of hand hygiene compliance. Based on these findings, Midturi et al.12
suggested to encourage the involvement of administrative leadership
Barriers
in creating hand hygiene compliance strategies and healthcare facilities
Preceding interventions related to increasing hand hygiene should develop an individualized approach to promote sustainability
compliance, barriers to compliance were considered. Healthcare of hand hygiene compliance. Another study by Al-Khawaldeh et al.13
workers are not deliberately spreading infections through ineffective found that knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes are significant predictors
hand washing and may require tools or resources to make the process of hand hygiene compliance. Moreover, hand hygiene education
more efficient. Molinari8 identified several factors that lead to hand courses are needed to improve the competency of nursing students in
hygiene noncompliance among healthcare workers. His list included dealing with infection control issues.12
understaffing, lack of soap or paper towels, insufficient time, and
Several approaches to increasing hand hygiene compliance
perceived the low risk of cross-infection. One of the most influential
among healthcare workers have been implemented thus far. Some

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of those interventions, as demonstrated by Midturi et al.12 include Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, was implemented throughout
education, direct monitoring, visual queuing, consistent feedback, one week. Participants were observed again for two weeks directly
staff recognition, and effective management. According to the World following educational intervention. Participants were discreetly
Health Organization2 hand hygiene compliance is a global initiative monitored pre and post education by the researcher and delegated
prioritized by healthcare organizations worldwide. Therefore, staff member called the secret shopper. A hand washing rating tool
several healthcare facilities have researched and employed several was used consistently throughout the study to record the compliance
interventions to address hand hygiene noncompliance in conjunction results (Figure 1–4). The researcher was also careful to ensure
with resulting HAIs. While some approaches to improving hand that an equal number of the three groups, physicians, nurses, and
hygiene are multifaceted, some focus on a single intervention. By technicians during the pre and post educational intervention period
employing a quantitative research design, Daisy & Sreedevi14 were were observed.16–20
able to demonstrate improved hand washing compliance rates by
implementing a multifocal educational strategy administered. Results
demonstrated good knowledge among all the nurses and a significant
improvement in compliance rates after the educational intervention.
Another way of educating healthcare professionals on hand
hygiene (HH) to improve compliance is the utilization of visual aids
such as posters. Akingbola et al.15 determined the impact of hand
hygiene posters on compliance on resident physicians’ compliance
in the pediatric intensive care unit. The overall compliance rate in
this study improved to 44/7% from 22.22 % baseline, which was
still significantly low. It was found that the hand hygiene compliance
rate increased among pediatric residents compared to the surgical
residents after the introduction of HH posters. Additional patient care Figure 1 Hand washing compliance pre and post education for technicians.
responsibilities and time pressure of surgical residents played a role
in the decreased compliance rate.15 Furthermore, Akingbola et al.15
argued that diminished educational influence or the manifestation of
Hawthorne effect could be the contributing factors of lack of apparent
change of HH compliance rate between interventions.

Summary
Hand hygiene aims to combat the spread of infection. Nosocomial
infections are a burden on our health care system. These kinds of
infections increase the length of hospital stay, cause harm, and can
impact the financial situation on our health care system significantly.4
This meta-analysis demonstrated by the researchers showed that $9.8
billion annually was spent by hospitals in the United States due to the Figure 2 Hand washing compliance pre and post education for nurses.
five leading nosocomial infections (healthcare-associated infections,
catheter-associated urinary tract infections, ventilator-associated
pneumonia, surgical site infections, Clostridium Difficile, and central
line-associated bloodstream infections). Nosocomial infections are
one of the most preventable sources of harm, more strategies to
prevent these infections should be the focus. A prospective cohort
looked at the cost and length of stay associated with nosocomial
infection. It was determined that these infections doubled the cost of
the hospital stay and doubled the length of stay versus those without
a nosocomial infection.5

Methods
A quantitative observational study design was used to determine Figure 3 Hand washing compliance pre and post education for physicians.
hand washing compliance rates pre and post educational intervention.
The study took place in the interventional radiology and cardiac
catheterization lab of a tertiary hospital in Florida. No IRB required,
as this quality improvement study was approved by the unit manager.
The participants were all the staff working in the Catheterization
Laboratory and Interventional Radiology unit which comprised of
physicians, registered nurses, and radiology technicians. The overall
compliance of the participants was observed two weeks before the
implementation of educational in-service to establish the current hand
hygiene compliance rates as a baseline during routine patient care.
The educational intervention, consisting of the Joint Commission on Figure 4 Average hand washing compliance pre and post education for all
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the World staff.

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Data analysis Table 1 Average compliance rates

Data pre and post educational intervention were analyzed for Average Compliance
Pre-Edu Post-Edu
each group using a one-tailed T-test. The t-test was done using daily compliance rate rate difference
averages for each group. A standard P value of 0.05 was used as a
Physician 45% 65% 20%
benchmark for the resulting P values of each group to determine
statistical significance. P values less than 0.05 were deemed statistically Nurse 80% 95% 15%
significant whereas P values greater than 0.05 were determined to
Tech 88% 93% 5%
have no statistical relevance. The data were also arranged in graphs
and scatter plots in order to show a visual comparison amongst the Table 2 T-test physicians
groups (Graph 1 & 2).
Pre-Edu Post-Edu Compliance rate
physician physician difference

Day 1 50% 50% 0%

Day 2 75% 75% 0%

Day 3 50% 75% 25%

Day 4 50% 75% 25%

Day 5 25% 75% 50%

Day 6 25% 75% 50%

Day 7 50% 75% 25%

Day 8 50% 50% 0%

Day 9 50% 50% 0%

Day 10 25% 50% 25%

Graph 1 Pre education compliance rates.
Mean 20%

Standard deviation 0.1870828693

p-value 0.01070801996

Significance level <0.05

Table 3 T-test nurses

Pre-Edu Post-Edu Compliance rate

nurse nurse difference

Day 1 100% 100% 0%

Graph 2 Post education compliance rates. Day 2 75% 100% 25%

Day 3 75% 100% 25%

Results
Day 4 75% 100% 25%
Initial analysis of the data showed an increase in hand hygiene
compliance rates among all groups observed in the study. Closer Day 5 75% 75% 0%
analysis revealed an average increase of 20 percent among physicians,
Day 6 75% 100% 25%
15 percent among nurses, and 5 percent among technician (Table
1). P values were calculated using a one-tailed T-test between Day 7 75% 100% 25%
groups assuming equal variance. The results revealed a P value of
Day 8 75% 100% 25%
0.01070801996 for physicians (Table 2), a P value of 0.02385638454
for nurses (Table 3), and a P value 0.1678506561 for technicians (Table Day 9 100% 75% 25%
4) when comparing hand washing compliance rates for these groups
Day 10 75% 100% 25%
pre and post educational intervention. A P value of 0.230863652
was calculated when comparing averages between the three groups. Mean 15%
The standard P value of less than .05 was applied to the P values of Standard deviation 0.1658312395
each group to determine statistical significance. According to the P
values, there is a statistically significant difference in hand hygiene p-value 0.02385638454
compliance rates post staff education for the physician and nurse Significance level <0.05
groups in the experiment. However, the study was unable to show
a statistical significance for the technician group post educational If null hypothesis is p≥0.05, then we failed to reject the null hypothesis
intervention. There is no significant before and after education.

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Table 4 T-test technicians promotion of proper hand hygiene practices for themselves and others
in their environment. Furthermore, nurse practitioners can play a
Pre-Edu Post-Edu Compliance rate crucial role in improving hand hygiene practices by implementing
tech tech difference hand hygiene education to other medical professionals and to the
Day 1 100% 100% 0% patients they serve.

Day 2 100% 100% 0% Conclusion

Day 3 75% 100% 25% In summary, the in-service educational intervention produced
Day 4 75% 75% 0% an improvement of hand hygiene compliance among the staff in the
Catheterization Laboratory and Interventional Radiology unit. We
Day 5 75% 75% 0% concluded that hand hygiene educational in-service was an effective
Day 6 100% 100% 0% method in increasing hand hygiene compliance among all personnel.
The participants which included physician registered nurses
Day 7 100% 100% 0% and technologists demonstrated increased rates of hand hygiene
Day 8 75% 100% 25% compliance post educational intervention. There are different methods
for improving hand hygiene compliance. More research is needed
Day 9 75% 75% 0% to ascertain the most effective methods to increase hand hygiene
Day 10 100% 100% 0% compliance, therefore minimizing healthcare-associated infections.
The use of posters and visual aids emphasizing the importance of
Mean 5% hand hygiene should be posted in every unit. We further recommend
Standard deviation 0.1% that educational in-services should be implemented regularly in the
healthcare facilities and in every unit to maintain the sustainability
p-value 0.1678506561 of compliance rates. Every unit needs to delegate a group of staff to
Significance level >0.05 monitor hand hygiene compliance rates and to provide educational
intervention regularly. More research with larger sample size checking
If null hypothesis is p≥0.05, then we failed to reject the null hypothesis
HHC rates at intervals post interventions to determine the longevity
There is no significant. of education. Another excellent study would to compare different
education models such as verbal presentations, written instructions,
Limitations posters and video presentations (verbal, written, poster, etc. and
A few limitations where identified in this study. The time allocated determine which increases hand hygiene compliance greater. Hand
for the study was not long enough to obtain optimal compliance results, hygiene is a very enthralling and controversial issue that needs more
only a total of six weeks to conduct the study. The sample size was inquiry. Research to evaluate long term and sustainable solutions to
small, consisting of 120 participants, and the study was limited to the increase hand hygiene compliance is a needed area to explore.
Catheterization Lab and Interventional Radiology department. FNP
Nursing student allotted two weeks to provide education to the staff; Acknowledgments
however, the education in-service was presented only within a week None.
due to the time of the study implementation which was conducted
during a holiday season. Some staff was unavailable to attend the Conflicts of interest
educational in-service. Another limitation is the education portion of
the study was a verbal presentation only without any posters left for The authors declare there is no conflict of interest.
visual cues.
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