Table I.21.3Requirement specifications for a user-centred hand hygiene application concept

Consistent with evidence-based risk assessment of HCAI and spread of multi-resistant microorganisms
Integrated into a natural care workflow
Easy-to-learn
Logical clarity of the concept
Applicable in a wide range of health-care settings
Minimising the density of the need for hand hygiene
Maximal know-how congruence between trainers, observers, and HCWs

From: 21, The WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy

Cover of WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care
WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care: First Global Patient Safety Challenge Clean Care Is Safer Care.
Copyright © 2009, World Health Organization.

All rights reserved. Publications of the World Health Organization can be obtained from WHO Press, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland (tel.: +41 22 791 3264; fax: +41 22 791 4857; e-mail: tni.ohw@sredrokoob). Requests for permission to reproduce or translate WHO publications – whether for sale or for noncommercial distribution – should be addressed to WHO Press, at the above address (fax: +41 22 791 4806; e-mail: tni.ohw@snoissimrep).

NCBI Bookshelf. A service of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.