Are short training sessions on hand hygiene effective in preventing hospital-acquired MRSA? A time-series analysis

We tested the impact of short hand hygiene training sessions and bed occupancy rates on the spread of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) using a multivariate time-series analysis. According to our model, bed occupancy rates within general ward and intensive care uni...

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Published in:American journal of infection control 2010-09, Vol.38 (7), p.559-561
Main Authors: Conrad, Andreas, MD, Kaier, Klaus, Dipl.-Vw, Frank, Uwe, MD, Dettenkofer, Markus, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol-based hand rub
Alcohols - therapeutic use
Bed Occupancy - statistics & numerical data
bed occupancy rates
Biological and medical sciences
Correlation analysis
Cross Infection - epidemiology
Cross Infection - microbiology
Cross Infection - prevention & control
Disinfectants - therapeutic use
Drug resistance
Education, Medical - methods
Effects
Epidemiology. Vaccinations
General aspects
Hand Disinfection - methods
hand hygiene
Health Services Research
Hospitals
Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models
Humans
Hygiene
Incidence
Infection Control
Infectious Disease
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification
MRSA
Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections - prevention & control
Staphylococcus infections
Time Factors
Time series
time-series analysis
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Summary:We tested the impact of short hand hygiene training sessions and bed occupancy rates on the spread of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) using a multivariate time-series analysis. According to our model, bed occupancy rates within general ward and intensive care unit settings correlated positively with the incidence of hospital-acquired MRSA, whereas alcohol-based hand rub use and MRSA showed a negative correlation. Furthermore, our model shows that 2 hand hygiene campaigns based on short training sessions effected a long-run reduction in the incidence of hospital-acquired MRSA.
ISSN:0196-6553
1527-3296
DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2009.10.009