- Of the 47 HSE hospitals/directorates registered to participate in the national audit, all 47 submitted data on 10,037 observations, which took place from Oct to Nov 2024.
- For the HSE (public) hospitals, hand hygiene compliance remains stable at 92.3% in Period 28 (Period 26, 92.5%). The compliance was above the 90% HSE target.
- Ten private hospitals reported for Period 28.
- Please note that there will be no audit in May/Jun 2025 due to resource issues. The next lead hand hygiene auditor training and audit will take place later in 2025.
National Hand Hygiene Compliance Results
From Period 16 (Oct/Dec 2018) to Period 28 (Oct/Nov 2024)
MAIN RESULTS
Measure: percent hand hygiene compliance by hospital
Key Points
National hand hygiene compliance by period
| Period | HSE Average | LCI | UCI | N | HSE Target | Time of Year |
| 16 | 91.8 | 91.2 | 92.3 | 44 | 90 | Oct/Dec 2018 |
| 17 | 92.3 | 91.7 | 92.8 | 44 | 90 | May/June 2019 |
| 18 | 92.2 | 91.6 | 92.7 | 43 | 90 | Oct/Dec 2019 |
| 20 | 93.1 | 92.5 | 93.6 | 36 | 90 | Oct/Dec 2020 |
| 21 | 92.8 | 92.2 | 93.3 | 40 | 90 | May/July 2021 |
| 22 | 93.2 | 92.6 | 93.7 | 42 | 90 | Oct/Dec 2021 |
| 23 | 92.6 | 92.0 | 93.1 | 45 | 90 | May/Jun 2022 |
| 24 | 93.3 | 92.7 | 93.8 | 43 | 90 | Oct/Dec 2022 |
| 25 | 92.0 | 91.4 | 92.5 | 45 | 90 | May/Jun 2023 |
| 26 | 92.5 | 92.0 | 93.0 | 45 | 90 | Oct/Dec 2023 |
| 28 | 92.3 | 91.8 | 92.8 | 47 | 90 | Oct/Nov 2024 |
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National hand hygiene compliance by healthcare worker category by period
| Period | Auxiliary(a) | Medical | Nurse/Midwife | Allied health/Other(b) |
| 16 | 90.7 | 84.3 | 93.9 | 93.4 |
| 17 | 90.4 | 86.1 | 94.1 | 95.9 |
| 18 | 90.6 | 84.5 | 94.3 | 94.7 |
| 20 | 91.2 | 87.4 | 95.2 | 95.6 |
| 21 | 91.5 | 84.4 | 95.3 | 95 |
| 22 | 92 | 85 | 95.3 | 95.8 |
| 23 | 90.3 | 86.4 | 94.5 | 94.7 |
| 24 | 92.4 | 85.2 | 95.4 | 95.2 |
| 25 | 90.8 | 82 | 94.5 | 93.7 |
| 26 | 91.4 | 84.3 | 94.8 | 93.2 |
| 28 | 91.6 | 83.7 | 94.9 | 93.6 |
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^a Auxiliary: Healthcare assistants, porters, catering and household services
^b Allied health/Other: Physiotherapists, radiographer, dieticians, social workers and pharmacists
National hand hygiene compliance by WHO five moments by period
| Period | 1. Before touching a patient | 2. Before clean or aseptic procedure | 3. After body fluid exposure risk | 4. After touching a patient | 5. After touching patient surroundings |
| 16 | 92.2 | 94.6 | 94.5 | 93.3 | 88.5 |
| 17 | 92.5 | 95 | 96.2 | 94 | 89.1 |
| 18 | 92.8 | 91.4 | 93.7 | 93.9 | 89.4 |
| 20 | 94.9 | 93.7 | 93.4 | 94.9 | 89.4 |
| 21 | 93.5 | 92.5 | 93.8 | 94.2 | 90.8 |
| 22 | 94.3 | 93.2 | 94 | 95.3 | 89.6 |
| 23 | 93.1 | 94.9 | 95.5 | 93.8 | 90.1 |
| 24 | 93.3 | 93.8 | 96.4 | 95 | 90.7 |
| 25 | 92.9 | 90.6 | 94.9 | 93.9 | 88.7 |
| 26 | 94 | 93.1 | 94.3 | 94.6 | 88.7 |
| 28 | 94.3 | 94.6 | 95.4 | 93.5 | 88.9 |
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