Date of Award
Fall 9-28-2018
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
School
Leadership and Advanced Nursing Practice
Committee Chair
Dr. Marjorie Geisz-Everson
Committee Chair Department
Nursing
Committee Member 2
Dr. Mary Jane Collins
Committee Member 2 Department
Nursing
Abstract
Hand hygiene is considered to be the far more superior method for preventing the spread of bacteria from a patient care provider to the patient (Allegranzi & Pittet, 2009; Rowlands et al., 2014; Tartari & Mamo, 2011). The addition of easily accessible hand hygiene devices to the anesthesia carts in the operating room may help to improve the opportunities for the anesthesia providers to perform hand hygiene. Hand sanitizer devices were placed on each of the eight anesthesia carts located in the surgery department of a rural hospital in south Mississippi. The devices were measured weekly for a two-week period of time, in order to determine if they were being utilized by the anesthesia providers. The final measurement was subtracted from the initial starting measurement to determine if they anesthesia providers were utilizing the devices. All eight of the hand sanitizer devices showed a decrease in the remaining contents. Email surveys were sent to the anesthesia providers to obtain feedback on this project. The anesthesia providers agreed that the hand sanitizer devices were able to improve the opportunities for them to perform hand hygiene.
Recommended Citation
Margherio, Brad, "A Quality Improvement Project to Increase Hand Hygiene Opportunities for Anesthesia Providers" (2018). Doctoral Projects. 98.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dnp_capstone/98