An anonymous, online survey of medical students, interns, and faculty at a university
hospital was conducted in 2013 to examine self-reported adherence to hand hygiene
opportunities. Variation in self-reported adherence ranged from frequencies of 60%-100%.
Such variation suggests the need to direct education toward hand hygiene opportunities
with lower reported rates of adherence, especially toward those opportunities that
are difficult to monitor.
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