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UMMC Hand Hygiene and Hospital-Acquired Infections Graph - Image Long Description
Overview
This graph shows UMMC's hand hygiene and hospital-acquired infection rates from the first quarter of 2017 through the third quarter of 2024. An increase in hand hygiene rates and a decrease in hospital-acquired infections occurred during this period.
Values
Estimated numerical values presented on the image (exact numbers will be added later):
| Improved Hand Hygiene Reduces Hospital Acquired Infections | ||
| Quarter | Hospital-Acquired Infections | Hand Hygiene Rate |
| 2017 Q1 | 109 | 77% |
| 2017 Q2 | 84 | 70% |
| 2017 Q3 | 99 | 72% |
| 2017 Q4 | 86 | 74% |
| 2018 Q1 | 78 | 78% |
| 2018 Q2 | 58 | 79% |
| 2018 Q3 | 59 | 80.5% |
| 2018 Q4 | 50 | 81% |
| 2019 Q1 | 68 | 87% |
| 2019 Q2 | 56 | 89% |
| 2019 Q3 | 58 | 88.5% |
| 2019 Q4 | 53 | 88% |
| 2020 Q1 | 52 | 88.3% |
| 2020 Q2 | 48 | 89% |
| 2020 Q3 | 50 | 88% |
| 2020 Q4 | 55 | 87% |
| 2021 Q1 | 65 | 88.5% |
| 2021 Q2 | 46 | 88% |
| 2021 Q3 | 73 | 85.5% |
| 2021 Q4 | 63 | 86% |
| 2022 Q1 | 44 | 85.5% |
| 2022 Q2 | 50 | 87.5% |
| 2022 Q3 | 78 | 86.5% |
| 2022 Q4 | 50 | 88.5% |
| 2023 Q1 | 40 | 87.5% |
| 2023 Q2 | 54 | 86% |
| 2023 Q3 | 56 | 86.2% |
| 2023 Q4 | 54 | 84.5% |
| 2024 Q1 | 58 | 87% |
| 2024 Q2 | 52 | 85% |
| 2024 Q3 | 46 | 84% |
Presentation
The UMMC Hand Hygiene and Hospital-Acquired Infections graph is a two-line graph that displays UMMC's annual total of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) and hand hygiene (HH) rates from the first quarter of 2017 through the third quarter of 2024. The legend at the top has a blue line for HAIs and a red line for HH%. The quarters are listed along the bottom "x" axis. The graph displays the hospital-acquired infection count from 40 to 110 on the left axis and the hand hygiene rate from 65% to 90% on the right axis.