Hand Hygiene – Hand Washing Rates for Healthcare Workers

Hand Hygiene rates represents the hand washing rates for healthcare workers within the Nova Scotia Health Authority and the IWK. The rates are collected and reported to quarterly by hygiene auditors who are trained hospital staff. The rates for healthcare workers who clean their hands before initial contact with a patient and/or patient environment and the rates for after contact with the patient and/or patient environment are reported publicly and included in this dataset. Proper hand hygiene is one of the most important means to preventing the spread of germs which can cause infections. This dataset lists the hand hygiene rates that are reported publicly by the Department of Health and Wellness. Data fields include: Year, Quarter, Zone, Before Initial Contact, After Contact.

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Title (French)
Update Frequency	P3M
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Sensitivity Level	unrestricted
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Contact Person	{"en": "Health and Wellness", "fr": "Health and Wellness"}
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Dictionnaire de données	["health"]
Open Canada Date Published	2022-06-28 00:00:00
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Open Canada Subject	["health_and_safety"]
Open Canada Keywords	{"en": ["healthcare", "hand hygiene", "infections", "hand washing", "patient safety"], "fr-t-en": ["services de soins", "hygiène des mains", "infections", "lavage des mains", "sécurité des patients"]}
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