Calculating Percentage Increase for Hand Hygiene Compliance

As part of a hospital's commitment to improving patient care, the quality improvement team has implemented a new hand hygiene protocol. The goal of this protocol is to achieve a compliance rate of at least 90% among healthcare workers. Recent observations showed that compliance was only at 60%. As a nurse on this team, you need to identify the necessary percentage increase in order to meet the target compliance rate. Please fill in the blank with the appropriate percentage increase needed to reach goal compliance.

Current Compliance Rate: 60%
Target Compliance Rate: 90%
Percentage Increase Needed: _____%