The Importance Of Hand Hygiene Methods Of The PDCA Cycle

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The PDCA cycle will be used to quality issue. P stands for plan, D stands for do, C stands for check and A stands for act. Planning stage is when the patient 's needs, opportunities and the root cause of the issue are identified. The hand hygiene mechanisms have to be evaluated to identify the origin of the problem. In Do stage, changes are made gradually to avoid interrupting the organizational activities. Staff are trained, problems and observations are documented, the solutions are generated, implemented and data are analyzed. During the Check stage, the results are analyzed, compared to the predicted outcome and summarize the lesson learned before drawing conclusions. In Act stage, the changes are standardized while monitoring it, gaps …show more content…

Selecting staff for the observation could cause labor intensive and costly too. This is because the HCO will have to hire new staff for the observation or replace the selected employees. And those new hires or the employees will need to be trained. Observation collects only a sample of all hand hygiene choices. It can jeopardize patient privacy.
Product measurement does not show who is performing hand hygiene (The Joint Commission, 2016). It does not evaluate hand hygiene techniques. It does not obtain information about hand hygiene choices. It does not take into consideration the amount of soap spillage, what the soap was used for or if other unit borrowed the soap. It does not take note of the amount used by patients and families. It is hard to compare with observation. Survey is very incorrect, not trustworthy, and lacks certainty (The Joint Commission, 2016). This is because HCWs can exaggerate information about their hand hygiene compliance. Factors Affecting …show more content…

This special watch has build in motion detector that detects when a HCW moves from one patient room to the other. The watch is color coded; it remains green as long as you are with the patient. It turns red and goes off as soon as you leave the patient room which will remind you that you need to wash your hands. The watch tracks how many times the person completed hand washing and how many times they ignore the hand washing rule. Each watch is linked to accountability. The managers pay attention to the data and confront the non- compliant of hospital rules, no matter their levels.
Sensors can be hooked on the sink and HCW can wear badges that will remind them to wash their hands (Terry, 2014). The smart sinks that beep if a HCW refused to wash their hands for at least 20 seconds will also be used. These technologies will help improve proper hand washing to decrease the rate infection.
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