Reduction of Healthcare-Associated Infections by Exceeding High Compliance with Hand Hygiene Practices

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Sickbert-Bennett, Emily E. ; DiBiase, Lauren M. ; Willis, Tina M. Schade ; Wolak, Eric S. ; Weber, David J. ; Rutala, William A.
• Description:
  Improving hand hygiene from high to very high compliance has not been documented to decrease healthcare-associated infections. We conducted longitudinal analyses during 2013-2015 in an 853-bed hospital and observed a significantly increased hand hygiene compliance rate (p<0.001) and a significantly decreased healthcare-associated infection rate (p = 0.0066).
• Subjects:
  Bacteria Clostridium Difficile Compliance Dispatch Enteric Infections Hand Hygiene Healthcare-associated Infections Nosocomial Infections Reduction Of Healthcare-Associated Infections By Exceeding High Compliance With Hand Hygiene Practices
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(9):1628-1630.
• Pubmed ID:
  27532259
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4994356
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3459c888626d7aa0bb900451d370808f070ed1446c56ff9510b2b50066e577c8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/41240/cdc_41240_DS1.pdf
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