A Randomized Trial to Determine the Impact of an Educational Patient Hand-Hygiene Intervention on Contamination of Hospitalized Patient's Hands with Healthcare-Associated Pathogens

We conducted a non-blinded randomized trial to determine the impact of a patient hand-hygiene intervention on contamination of hospitalized patients' hands with healthcare-associated pathogens. Among patients with negative hand cultures on admission, recovery of pathogens from hands was signifi...

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Published in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2017-05, Vol.38 (5), p.595-597
Main Authors: Sunkesula, Venkata C K, Kundrapu, Sirisha, Knighton, Shanina, Cadnum, Jennifer L, Donskey, Curtis J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Alcohol
Antibiotics
Cleaning compounds
Comorbidity
Cross Infection - prevention & control
Education
Ethanol - administration & dosage
Female
Hand - microbiology
Hand Disinfection - methods
Hand Hygiene - methods
Hand Sanitizers - therapeutic use
Hands
Health care
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Hospitals, Veterans
Humans
Hygiene
Infection Control - methods
Intervention
Long term health care
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification
Middle Aged
Nursing
Ohio
Pathogens
Patient Education as Topic - methods
Patients
Personnel, Hospital
Sanitizers
Staphylococcus infections
United States
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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Summary:We conducted a non-blinded randomized trial to determine the impact of a patient hand-hygiene intervention on contamination of hospitalized patients' hands with healthcare-associated pathogens. Among patients with negative hand cultures on admission, recovery of pathogens from hands was significantly reduced in those receiving the intervention versus those receiving standard care. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:595-597.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2016.323