Hand hygiene compliance is assessed against a national benchmark, which is currently 80%.
There are three national hand hygiene audits conducted each year:
Audit period 1: 1 November to 31 March
Audit period 2: 1 April to 30 June
Audit period 3: 1 July to 31 October
National Hand Hygiene Audit Dashboard
To view the latest hand hygiene aggregated audit data and previous reports.
More information
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reports hand hygiene compliance for each audit period for public hospitals at national, and individual-hospital levels, as well as by hand-hygiene moment and healthcare-worker group.
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