What will be publicly reported for Hand Hygiene?
Each hospital is required to submit compliance data to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (Ministry) on all four indications for hand hygiene. Hospitals are required to post, by site, the percent compliance rates for each period end date on their corporate websites. Hospitals will post the compliance rate for: (i) hand hygiene before initial patient/patient environment contact by combined health care provider type (ii) hand hygiene after patient/patient environment contact by combined health care provider type The Ministry will also report the above data, by hospital site, on its website (www.ontario.ca/patientsafety). How are the hand hygiene compliance rates calculated? Hospitals will calculate the percent compliance for each of the four indications of hand hygiene as follows: # of times hand hygiene performed before initial patient/patient environment contact x 100 # observed hand hygiene indications for before initial patient/patient environment contact # of times hand hygie
