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• 12 Oct 09
  

  Robert D Fraser

  Interesting to note that is not the SINK to PATIENT ratio, likely the reason for higher compliance in previous studies was that PATIENT to ROOM ratio.

  infection control hospital design room sink hand washing

  • increased number of sinks
  • We demonstrated that health-care workers were significantly less likely    to wash their hands if they were in a room with a peer or higher ranking    person who did not perform hand hygiene
  • two units and demonstrated a greater hand-hygiene    frequency among nurses in an MICU having a 1:1 sink-to-bed ratio compared    with an SICU having a 4:1 sink-to-bed ratio

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