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Using the Targeted Solutions Tool to improve hand hygiene compliance is associated with decreased health care–associated infections.

Shabot M, Chassin MR, France A-C, et al. Using the Targeted Solutions Tool® to Improve Hand Hygiene Compliance Is Associated with Decreased Health Care-Associated Infections. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2016;42(1):6-17.

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April 6, 2016
Shabot M, Chassin MR, France A-C, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2016;42(1):6-17.
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Following implementation of the web-based Targeted Solutions Tool in a 12-hospital health system, hand hygiene rates improved from a baseline rate of 58% to about 95%. Over the same period, rates of central line–associated bloodstream infections and ventilator-associated pneumonia both declined by more than 40%.

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Shabot M, Chassin MR, France A-C, et al. Using the Targeted Solutions Tool® to Improve Hand Hygiene Compliance Is Associated with Decreased Health Care-Associated Infections. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2016;42(1):6-17.