Compliance Rates According to Hand Hygiene Australia, the 2017 compliance rate for handwashing among staff in hospitals is 84.3%. If you were a college student taking a microbiology course, this would be an above average grade. Not stellar. But good enough to feel some sense of achievement. Considering that hand washing is the number one way to prevent hospital-acquired infections, is 84.3% really good enough? If your grandmother was admitted to the hospital for a hip replacement, would you be comfortable with 15 out of … Continue reading Is Hand Washing at Hospitals Going High Tech?