Table 2.

Process and Practice Interventions Associated with Improved Compliance

process	Potential Mechanisms for Process Measurement	Practice Interventions Associated with Improved Compliance
Handwashing [79,80]	Direct observation [150,151]	Patient, caregiver, and hospital staff handwashing education initiatives [153]
		Physician and staff financial incentives [153]
		Frequent reminders [152]
		Timely and frequent audits [154]
		Individual feedback to promote accountability [154]
	Amount of soap used [152]
Screen patients and visitors for symptoms of acute respiratory illness[79]	Direct assessment for all persons entering the transplantation unit	Consider highly reliable interventions 155, 156, 157, 158
		Screening station at entry of unit
		Unit door locks for entry to limit entry onto unit without screening
Encourage sick or at-risk employees to stay home [78,79]	Number of employees self-reporting	Staff education of when self-reporting should be completed [159] Adoption of a just culture for self-reporting [160]; self-reporting is encouraged and rewarded and focuses not on individual blame, but on improving health