Effectiveness and sustainability of the WHO multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy in the University Hospital Bouake, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The most frequent adverse events in healthcare are healthcare-associated infections, whose burden is highest in resource-limited settings. In addition, low resource settings often lack Hand Hygiene (HH) knowledge and reliable supply to disinfectant, a necessity emphasized by the past West African Ebola Epidemic and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. PASQUALE aims to increase patient safety by introducing the WHO multimodal HH strategy in the University Hospital Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire.

Methods

Assessment of HH knowledge, perception and compliance was performed 12 months before, right after the intervention and at a ten months interval using questionnaires for knowledge and perception and direct observation for compliance. The intervention consisted of a HH training an

SUBMITTER: Muller SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8851710 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature