It would be interesting to break down the overall percentages by hand hygiene compliance entering and exiting the room. In reviewing another hospital with a 78% compliance rate it was reported that they had a significant compliance difference between when nurses entered the room and exited. When the nurses entered, compliance was 63% but jumped up to 93% when exiting the room. Unfortunately, those results show that nurses are not as conscientious of spreading infections before patient contact as they are after contact.
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