OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.—To help healthcare organizations target their efforts in measuring hand hygiene performance, The Joint Commission is releasing “Measuring Hand Hygiene Adherence: Overcoming the Challenges.”
The monograph is the result of a two-year collaboration with major infection control leadership organizations in the United States and abroad to identify effective approaches for measuring adherence to hand hygiene guidelines in healthcare organizations.
Electronic copies of the monograph are available on The Joint Commission’s Web site at www.jointcommission.org/PatientSafety/InfectionControl/hh_monograph.htm. A free printed copy is available by calling The Joint Commission’s Department of Customer Service Center at (630) 790-5800, option 5, or sending an email to customerservice@jointcommission.org.
In addition to The Joint Commission, the participating organizations include the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the World Health Organization (WHO) World Alliance for Patient Safety, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID).
