Table 1 Overview of the HHEA data collection process. All data reported on HHEA application forms are collected at an aggregate, healthcare facility level, hence no further detail is available for stratified analysis. More details about the HHSAF can be found in the Additional File 1
Responsible profile | Variable/task performed | Collected data | Data interpretation |
|---|---|---|---|
IPC nurses or IPC physicians from the healthcare facilities | Data collection: | ||
1) Hand hygiene compliance | Proportion (%) of opportunities in which correct hand hygiene procedures are performed | □ Range: 0–100% □ Expected target: higher compliance □ No internationally recognised threshold | |
2) Alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) consumption | Litres of ABHR used in the whole hospital, divided by the number of total bed-days (based on yearly data) | □ Expected target: higher consumption □ No internationally recognised threshold (except for a standard implicitly suggested by the HHSAF: 20 L per 1000 patient-days) | |
3) Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Form (HHSAF) score | Composite score summarising the 5 domains of the multimodal hand hygiene intervention strategy (MMIS) | □ Range: 0–500 points □ Hand hygiene level thresholds: ▢ > 375 pts: Advanced ▢ 251–375: Intermediate ▢ 126–250: Basic ▢ 0-125: Inadequate | |
HHEA expert panellists | One-day auditing in healthcare facilities | No data (check only performed on hospitals’ data to ensure reported standards are met) | - |