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Secret hand hygiene audits: nurses go undercover in bid to assess NHS trust’s practices
An NHS trust is using undercover nurses for covert hand hygiene audits to improve standards. These audits, conducted twice yearly, assess compliance with World Health Organization guidelines and address inaccuracies in self-audits. The latest results showed the hospitals’ hand hygiene performance needs improvement, with some areas scoring below 30%. Feedback is provided to staff to drive improvements.
