Assessment of healthcare professionals' adherence to hand hygiene after alcohol-based hand rub introduction at an intensive care unit in São Paulo, Brazil.

Santana, Solange L; Furtado, Guilherme H C; Coutinho, Ana Paula; Medeiros, Eduardo A S

Santana, Solange L; Furtado, Guilherme H C; Coutinho, Ana Paula; Medeiros, Eduardo A S.

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Santana SL; Comissao de Epidemiologia Hospitalar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. solsan@gmail.com

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol ; 28(3): 365-7, 2007 Mar.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17326033

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

We analyzed the impact of introducing an alcohol-based hand gel and an educational program on hand hygiene adherence among healthcare workers in an intensive care unit. Adherence to hand hygiene was significantly higher after the intervention for the night shift work period (P=.001), among nursing assistants (P=.001), among nurses (P=.007) on weekend days (P=.016), and for invasive procedures (P=.012).

Subject(s)

Alcohols/administration & dosage; Anti-Infective Agents, Local/administration & dosage; Guideline Adherence/standards; Hand Disinfection; Intensive Care Units; Personnel, Hospital/standards; Brazil; Education, Continuing; Hand/microbiology; Hand Disinfection/methods; Hand Disinfection/standards; Hospitals, Teaching; Humans; Infection Control/methods; Program Evaluation

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Personnel, Hospital / Hand Disinfection / Guideline Adherence / Alcohols / Intensive Care Units / Anti-Infective Agents, Local Type of study: Evaluation_studies Aspects: Implementation_research Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: America do sul / Brasil Language: En Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS / ENFERMAGEM / EPIDEMIOLOGIA / HOSPITAIS Year: 2007 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil

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