Promotion of hand hygiene techniques through use of a surveillance tool

Summary Effective hand hygiene practice in a clinical healthcare setting is the most effective means to prevent, control and reduce healthcare-associated infections. Despite the introduction of hand hygiene practices and targeted campaigns, surveillance to ensure implementation of these techniques r...

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Published in:The Journal of hospital infection 2007-07, Vol.66 (3), p.249-254
Main Authors: Pashman, J, Bradley, E.H, Wang, H, Higa, B, Fu, M, Dembry, L.M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
China
Compliance
Cross Infection - prevention & control
Epidemiology. Vaccinations
General aspects
Guideline Adherence - standards
Hand Disinfection
Hand hygiene
Hospital infections
Hospital-acquired infection
Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models
Humans
Infection control
Infection Control - methods
Infection prevention
Infectious Disease
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Personnel, Hospital
Population Surveillance
Surveillance
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Summary Effective hand hygiene practice in a clinical healthcare setting is the most effective means to prevent, control and reduce healthcare-associated infections. Despite the introduction of hand hygiene practices and targeted campaigns, surveillance to ensure implementation of these techniques remains limited. Surveillance is widely accepted as an essential component to infection control campaigns. Therefore, we sought to design and test an easy-to-use surveillance instrument for hospital hand hygiene developed and piloted for three months in nine hospitals in China. This paper presents the resulting hand hygiene surveillance instrument as well as explicit guidelines for its implementation.
ISSN:0195-6701
1532-2939
DOI:10.1016/j.jhin.2007.03.018