Lack of time tops the reasons for healthcare workers skip handwashing according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology journal.
A summary on the Becker's Clinical Quality and infection Control website said that of 123 healthcare workers in a Thai hospital, compliance with the World Health Organization's "five moments" of hand hygiene was 23.2 percent by direct observation and 82.4 percent by self report. In a survey, the participants identified 11 barriers to compliance. The tope five are:
• I hurry/emergent patient conditions — 45.5 percent
• I don't see any dirt/I think it's not dirty — 24.4 percent
• I forget — 19.5 percent
• I'm busy/too many patients — 15.4 percent
• It is inconvenient — 13.8 percent
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