Handwashing adherence by visitors is poor: Is there a simple solution?

Available evidence suggests that handwashing adherence by visitors to hospital clinics is poor. In this investigation, an audit of 180 people showed that handwashing adherence by visitors to a hospital clinic was 25%, which was very low. Our active method to encourage handwashing led to a marked imp...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of infection control 2013-10, Vol.41 (10), p.928-929
Hauptverfasser:	Willison-Parry, Theodore A, Haidar, Elizabeth A.C., BSc(Hons), MSc, RN, PGCert, Martini, Luigi G., BSc(Hons), PhD, MBA, Coates, Anthony R.M., BSc, MBBS, MRCP, FRCPath, MD
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Clinics Compliance Cross Infection - prevention & control Epidemiology. Vaccinations General aspects Guideline Adherence - statistics & numerical data Hand Disinfection - methods Hand hygiene Hands Hospitals Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models Humans Hygiene Infection Control Infection Control - methods Infectious Disease Infectious diseases Medical sciences Nosocomial infection Visitors to Patients
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Zusammenfassung:	Available evidence suggests that handwashing adherence by visitors to hospital clinics is poor. In this investigation, an audit of 180 people showed that handwashing adherence by visitors to a hospital clinic was 25%, which was very low. Our active method to encourage handwashing led to a marked improvement in adherence from 25% to 68%, increasing to 77% for longer term visitors to the clinic (significance, P < .0001).
ISSN:	0196-6553 1527-3296
DOI:	10.1016/j.ajic.2013.01.023