Hand Hygiene Compliance and Performance Improvement

1. Significance of the Problem
Introduction presented in opening paragraph(s) what problem did you work on; what are you trying to improve? Why did your group select this problem?

2. Plan
Concise statement of what you plan to do in this testing

3. Background Information about the problem
Summarize evidence-based articles relevant to your problem and clearly state how your group used this information in your
State whether your problem is linked to a national quality or safety indicator for JCAHO, NQF, NCQA, or Healthy People 2010; if yes, state which indicator is included in one or more of these databases that is similar or the same to yours.

4. Do
What did you observe? “Did everything go as planned?” “Did I have to modify the plan?”

5. Study /Narrative Summary of your outcomes
What happened? Did your outcome change? What would you do next (as next steps)?