The COVID-19 pandemic renewed focus on hand hygiene, yet maintaining consistent compliance remains challenging, especially in high-pressure settings. “Hand hygiene fatigue” stems from workload, repetition, skin irritation, and complacency. Addressing it requires ergonomic workflow design, tech-based monitoring, skin-friendly products, leadership modeling, and continuous feedback to sustain safe infection prevention practices.
Tackling Hand Hygiene Fatigue: How to Maintain Compliance in High-Pressure Environments
