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Influence of Role Models and Hospital Design on the Hand Hygiene of Health-Care Workers
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 217-223 (2003)
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003.
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Abstract
- We assessed the effect of medical staff role models and the number of health-care worker sinks on hand-hygiene compliance before and after construction of a new hospital designed for increased access to handwashing sinks. We observed health-care worker hand hygiene in four nursing units that provided similar patient care in both the old and new hospitals: medical and surgical intensive care, hematology/oncology, and solid organ transplant units. Of 721 hand-hygiene opportunities, 304 (42%) were observed in the old hospital and 417 (58%) in the new hospital. Hand-hygiene compliance was significantly better in the old hospital (161/304; 53%) compared to the new hospital (97/417; 23.3%) (p
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10806040 and 10806059
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.2038ff98c3274b6fb7bad98095a4e965
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0902.020249