| Literature DB >> 26597634 |
H Møller-Sørensen1, A Korshin2, T Mogensen3, N Høiby4.
Abstract
The risks to patients from pathogens present on healthcare workers' (HCWs') hands are high; however, compliance with hand hygiene among HCWs is low. We devised a prospective intervention trial of a new hand-hygiene dispensing technology to improve HCWs' compliance with hand hygiene. Baseline hand-hygiene compliance was observed for three months before and after an intervention consisting of implementation of an electronic device that reminds people to comply with hand hygiene after restroom visits. Compliance in hand-hygiene performance after restroom visits increased among HCWs from 66% to 91% after the intervention.Entities:
Keywords: Compliance; Hand hygiene; Infection control
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Year: 2015 PMID： 26597634 DOI： 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.09.012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Hosp Infect ISSN： 0195-6701 Impact factor: 3.926