Factors Predicting Poor Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Facility

Gender of the healthcare worker

• a physician?

• a chronic noncomplier?

• feel that hand hygieneinterferes with patient relationships?

• feel that a patient's critical needs are more important than hand hygiene?

• feel that wearing gloves is enough?

• not think about the guidelines?

• not been educated about the guidelines?

• unaware of importance of hand hygiene ?

• extremely busy because of understaffing or excessive workload?

• work in high risk area like the ICU or Emergency Department, etc.)?

• irritating ?

• unsuitable?

• difficult to apply?

• inaccessible or unavailable?

• not make hand hygiene a priority?

• fail to enforce hand hygiene guidelines?

• have a culture that does not support safety guidelines?

• not have written hand hygiene guidelines or not have them readily accessible?

• have no or few role models promoting hand hygiene?