Effects of a 4-year intervention on hand hygiene compliance and incidence of healthcare associated infections: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Studies have demonstrated improvements in hand hygiene (HH) compliance through interventions, noting the negative association of HH and healthcare associated infections (HAIs), but how to sustain long-term improvement is still unknown in the Chinese population. This study sought to determine the extent of change in HH compliance after multimodal HH interventions, and to evaluate the relationship between that change and HAI incidence.

Methods

We conducted a longitudinal study in a general teaching hospital in China from 2017 to 2020. Trained investigators observed HH practices based on the World Health Organization's 5 moments for HH. We identified the incidence of HAIs using semi-automated constant surveillance software. We used the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test to as

SUBMITTER: Han C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8120257 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature