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July 14, 2015 Hospital Nurses Wash Their Hands Less Often at the End of Their Shifts Over the course of a 12-hour hospital shift, caregivers’ rate of compliance in washing their hands drops by 8.7 percentage points, according to a study led by Hengchen Dai of The Wharton School of more than 35 hospitals. The more intense the work, the greater the drop in compliance. The findings show that workplace fatigue plays an important role in compliance with professional guidelines and that the impact of work demands may accumulate quickly. SOURCE: The Impact of Time at Work and Time Off From Work on Rule Compliance: The Case of Hand Hygiene in Health Care

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