Reduction of Healthcare-Associated Infections by Exceeding High Compliance with Hand Hygiene Practices

Improving hand hygiene from high to very high compliance has not been documented to decrease healthcare-associated infections. We conducted longitudinal analyses during 2013–2015 in an 853-bed hospital and observed a significantly increased hand hygiene compliance rate (p<0.001) and a significant...

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Autores principales: Sickbert-Bennett, Emily E., DiBiase, Lauren M., Willis, Tina M. Schade, Wolak, Eric S., Weber, David J., Rutala, William A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4994356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27532259
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2209.151440
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Weber, David J.
Rutala, William A.
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description Improving hand hygiene from high to very high compliance has not been documented to decrease healthcare-associated infections. We conducted longitudinal analyses during 2013–2015 in an 853-bed hospital and observed a significantly increased hand hygiene compliance rate (p<0.001) and a significantly decreased healthcare-associated infection rate (p = 0.0066).
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spelling pubmed-49943562016-09-08 Reduction of Healthcare-Associated Infections by Exceeding High Compliance with Hand Hygiene Practices Sickbert-Bennett, Emily E. DiBiase, Lauren M. Willis, Tina M. Schade Wolak, Eric S. Weber, David J. Rutala, William A. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Improving hand hygiene from high to very high compliance has not been documented to decrease healthcare-associated infections. We conducted longitudinal analyses during 2013–2015 in an 853-bed hospital and observed a significantly increased hand hygiene compliance rate (p<0.001) and a significantly decreased healthcare-associated infection rate (p = 0.0066). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4994356/ /pubmed/27532259 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2209.151440 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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