Maryanne McGuckin|Julie Storr|Yves Longtin|Benedetta Allegranzi|Didier Pittet
Patient Empowerment and Multimodal Hand Hygiene Promotion: A Win-Win Strategy
Thomas Jefferson University|National Patient Safety Agency|World Health Organization|University of Geneva|World Health Organization|University of Geneva|World Health Organization
patient empowerment new concept health care extended domain patient safety within framework development new world health organization guidelines hand hygiene health care authors conducted review literature 1997 2008 identify evidence supporting programs aimed encouraging patients take active role care patient empowerment integral part hand hygiene multimodal strategy hand hygiene promotion strategies demonstrated evidence successfully empowering patients include one following components educational tools motivation reminder tools role modeling important programs models empower patients must developed inbuilt evaluation component includes qualitative quantitative measures determine works conditions within organizational context