Impact of a hand hygiene educational programme on hospital-acquired infections in medical wards

• Published in: Clinical microbiology and infection Vol. 18; no. 12; pp. 1212 - 1218
• Main Authors: Monistrol, O., Calbo, E., Riera, M., Nicolás, C., Font, R., Freixas, N., Garau, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2012; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Wiley-Blackwell; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alcohol-based hand rub; Biological and medical sciences; Compliance; Cross Infection - microbiology; Cross Infection - prevention & control; Epidemiology. Vaccinations; Female; General aspects; hand hygiene; Hand Hygiene - methods; hospital-acquired infections; hospital-acquired MRSA; Hospitals; Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models; Humans; Incidence; Infection Control - methods; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; medical wards; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Middle Aged; multimodal strategies; Nosocomial infections; Prospective Studies; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Staphylococcal Infections - prevention & control; Staphylococcus infections; Tobacco; hand hygiene; Alcohol-based hand rub; hospital-acquired infections; hospital-acquired MRSA; medical wards; multimodal strategies; Nosocomial infection; Hand; Bacteria; Micrococcales; Micrococcaceae; Alcoholic solution; Hygiene; Staphylococcus aureus

Improvement in hand hygiene (HH) compliance has been associated with a decrease in the incidence of hospital-acquired infection (HAI) and hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) infection/colonization. We aimed to evaluate the impact of a multimodal intervention in me...