Strategy for improving and maintaining compliance with adequate hospital hand hygiene practices

M.A. Aldeyab; N. Baldwin; J.C. McElnay; M.G. Scott; M. McNally; M.P. Kearney

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2010.09.016

Strategy for improving and maintaining compliance with adequate hospital hand hygiene practices

M.A. Aldeyab, N. Baldwin, J.C. McElnay, M.G. Scott, M. McNally, M.P. Kearney

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	87-88
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Hospital Infection
Volume	77
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2010.09.016
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - Jan 2011

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Cited By :2

Export Date: 15 September 2018

CODEN: JHIND

Correspondence Address: Aldeyab, M.A.; Clinical and Practice Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, United Kingdom; email: maldeyab02@qub.ac.uk

References: Wilcox, M.H., Dave, J., The cost of hospital-acquired infection and the value of infection control (2000) J Hosp Infect, 45, pp. 81-84; Gould, D.J., Chudleigh, J.H., Moralejo, D., Drey, N., Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care (2007) Cochrane Database Syst Rev, , (2):CD005186; Muto, C.A., Jernigan, J.A., Ostrowsky, B.E., SHEA guideline for preventing nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus and enterococcus (2003) Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 24, pp. 362-386; Maskerine, C., Loeb, M., Improving adherence to hand hygiene among health care workers (2006) J Contin Educ Health Prof, 26, pp. 244-251; Naikoba, S., Hayward, A., The effectiveness of interventions aimed at increasing handwashing in healthcare workers - a systematic review (2001) J Hosp Infect, 47, pp. 173-180; Jamtvedt, G., Young, J.M., Kristoffersen, D.T., O'Brien, M.A., Oxman, A.D., Audit and feedback: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes (2006) Cochrane Database Syst Rev, , (2):CD000259; (2005) Guidelines on hand hygiene in health care, , WHO, Geneva, World Health Organization

Keywords

Clostridium difficile infection
controlled study
hand washing
hospital hygiene
hospital infection
hospital personnel
letter
medical audit
nonhuman
Attitude of Health Personnel
Great Britain
Guideline Adherence
Handwashing
Hospitals
Humans
Infection Control

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