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Hand hygiene research, literature, and multimedia resources that support education, measurement, and feedback! 

 

Several journals allow reprints for research purposes.  If you inquire about a McGuckin co-authored article, we will abide by that publisher's policies.  Please contact Dr. McGuckin to inquire about a specific article.  mcguckin@hhreports.com

 

 Articles (publisher holds rights)

McGuckin Co-Authored

Patient Empowerment and Hand Hygiene: a Win-Win Strategy!  AJMQ abstract

 

Twelve months of compliance monitoring shows improvement with MMI program. AJMQ abstract

 

Interventional Patient Hygiene and the wound care professional. Advances in Skin & Wouond Care site Abstract not available online. Contact Dr. McGuckin for further information.

  

Interventional Patient Hygiene: An IC and Nursing shared responsibility for patient safety. AJIC abstract

Note for these prior two articles, Interventional Patient Hygiene (IPH) represents a comprehensive program of evidence-based practices in oral care, skin care, and catheter site care, all dependent on hand hygiene to ensure each care practice is performed with the least possible risk of infection.

Patient education model increases hand hygiene in in-patient rehabilitation setting.  AJIC abstract

 

Other Scholars

 

Measuring healthcare worker hand hygiene activity (Boyce)  ICHE abstract

 

Observation and hand hygiene product usage in the ICU: why observation should not be the "gold standard" (Marra et al.)  ICHE abstract

  

Hand hygiene compliance monitoring perspectives from the USA (Boyce)  JHI abstract

 

Hand hygiene compliance measurement (Haas, Larson)   JHI abstract

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Articles (open access)

Compliance improvement can be successful, sustained, and cost-effective with McGuckin program. Cover story in Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare or download the PDF

 

Two great articles in Infection Control Today: Summary of McGuckin program and also a summary of multi-modal approach to education and measurement

 

 

 

Physician's Weekly poster interview with Dr. McGuckin on hand hygiene and patient empowerment

 

MMI's program discussed from a materials management perspective

 

Abstracts

One rehabilitation hospital's journey to hand hygiene compliance with the MMI program. See you all in San Antonio! Posted after conference

  

Hand hygiene compliance in the USA before and after publication of WHO and JC guidelines (APIC 2011) Download poster PDF

  

Six-year multicenter study of hand hygiene compliance in USA (SHEA Decennial 2010, picked for rounds) Download poster PDF Download poster JPEG  

 

Tracking hand hygiene compliance through the CDC/ WHO crisis phases for H1N1 (SHEA Decennial 2010, picked for rounds) Download poster PDF  Download poster JPEG

  

Soap and sanitizer usage trends in the USA: are we following the guidelines?  (IDSA 2009) Download poster PDF

 

A 4-step compliance and accountability model for improvement (SHEA 2009, picked for rounds) Download poster PDF  

 

 

 

Multimedia

Penn State Hershey Hand Hygiene Training:

New England Journal of Medicine hand hygiene video article:

Interruption Awareness: A Nursing Minute for Patient Safety:

 

 

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