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  • Title: Engaging the nursing workforce: an evidence-based tool kit.
    Author: Day C.
    Journal: Nurs Adm Q; 2009; 33(3):239-44. PubMed ID: 19546743.
    Abstract:
    UNLABELLED: Hand hygiene is critical to the safety of patients in hospitals today. OBJECTIVE: Engaging staff, physicians, patients, and visitors in hand hygiene is important to create a safe environment. The author discusses the development and implementation of an evidence-based practice guideline for improving hand hygiene and application of that guideline in an academic medical center setting. METHOD: Establishment of a multidisciplinary team committed to improving organizational performance, development of a practice guideline, organizational assessment, and the implementation of a multimodal intervention plan are all keys to success. CONCLUSION: Organizational culture can be changed utilizing an evidence-based, organization-specific approach to hand hygiene.
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