Hand Hygiene Compliance

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings

Hospital Care

Country

Australia

Publishing Organisation

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC): National Hand Hygiene Initiative

Type of Quality Indicator

Process

IOM Quality Dimension

Effectiveness

Domain

Infection and Sepsis

Defining Attributes

Definition

The number of compliant hand hygiene moments observed in relation to the total number of hand hygiene moments.

Numerator

Number of compliant hand hygiene actions observed during a specified audit period

Denominator

Total number of hand hygiene moments observed during an audit period

Exclusions

If a facility/hospital reports having less than 25 beds at the end of an audit period, observed moments and compliance rate will be suppressed and will not be compared to the national benchmark. If a facility/hospital reports having less than 100 observed moments at the end of an audit period, the number of observed moments will be suppressed, and the compliance rate will not be compared to the national benchmark.

Use of Risk Adjustment

Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

By hospital, hand-hygiene moment and healthcare worker group.

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection

Administrative data

Data Collection Methods

National Hand Hygiene Data Collection

Frequency of Data Collection

3-5 month intervals

Frequency of Data Collection in Days

91-152

Reporting Methods

Online at: www.aihw.gov.au/reports-data/myhospitals/intersection/quality/apc

Reporting Frequency

3-5 month intervals

Reporting Frequency in Days