Reduction of Healthcare-Associated Infections by Exceeding High Compliance with Hand Hygiene Practices
Open Access
- 1 September 2016
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 22 (9), 1628-1630
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2209.151440
Abstract
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).Keywords
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