The Effect of Leadership on Hand Hygiene: Assessing Hand Hygiene Adherence prior to Patient Contact in 2 Infectious Disease Units in Tuscany

The Effect of Leadership on Hand Hygiene: Assessing Hand Hygiene Adherence prior to Patient Contact in 2 Infectious Disease Units in Tuscany

We assessed hand hygiene adherence in 2 infectious disease units. In one unit, adherence declined slightly from year 1 (84.2%) to year 4 (71.0%) after a multimodal intervention but remained much higher than before intervention. Adherence dropped in the second unit after a loss of leadership (from 50...

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Veröffentlicht in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2014-03, Vol.35 (3), p.313-316
Hauptverfasser: Lieber, Sarah R., Mantengoli, Elisabetta, Saint, Sanjay, Fowler, Karen E., Fumagalli, Carlo, Bartolozzi, Dario, Magistri, Lea, Niccolini, Fabrizio, Bartoloni, Alessandro
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Sprache:eng
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Biological and medical sciences
Concise Communication
Cross Infection - prevention & control
Epidemiology. Vaccinations
General aspects
Guideline Adherence - organization & administration
Guideline Adherence - statistics & numerical data
Hand Hygiene - organization & administration
Hand Hygiene - statistics & numerical data
Health care industry
Humans
Infections
Infectious diseases
Italy - epidemiology
Leadership
Leadership training
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Nurses
Nursing
Observational studies
Personnel, Hospital - statistics & numerical data
Physicians
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Soaps
Sustainability assessments
Water consumption
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Zusammenfassung:We assessed hand hygiene adherence in 2 infectious disease units. In one unit, adherence declined slightly from year 1 (84.2%) to year 4 (71.0%) after a multimodal intervention but remained much higher than before intervention. Adherence dropped in the second unit after a loss of leadership (from 50.7% to 5.7%). Strong leadership presence may improve hand hygiene adherence.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1086/675296