Journal of nursing management | 2021
Information Technology on Hand Hygiene Compliance among Healthcare Professionals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Abstract
AIM\nTo determine the effectiveness of information technology interventions on hand hygiene compliance among healthcare professionals.\n\n\nBACKGROUND\nPerforming hand hygiene is the optimal approach to prevent the transmission of healthcare-associated infections. However, results regarding the effectiveness of information technology interventions on hand hygiene compliance were inconsistent to date.\n\n\nEVALUATION\nA search for studies published up to May 2020 was undertaken. A meta-analysis was conducted using RevMan 5.3 software.\n\n\nKEY ISSUES\nThe most commonly used information technology systems were: automated training, electronic counting devices and remote monitoring, real-time hand hygiene reminders and feedback, and automated monitoring. These four types of technology systems can significantly improve hand hygiene compliance among healthcare professionals (odds ratio = 3.06, p < .001).\n\n\nCONCLUSION\nThe four types of information technology can be effectively used to change the hand hygiene behavior. Because the information systems can monitor personnel and conduct statistical analyses automatically, they save labor costs of human monitors, are more time efficient, and eliminate accompanying human error.\n\n\nIMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT\nThe use of the four types of information technology is convenient and could reduce healthcare-associated infections; thus, they could be widely used in the future as the key to increase hand hygiene compliance rate.