Effectiveness of a hand hygiene promotion strategy using alcohol-based handrub in 6 intensive care units in&nbsp;Colombia

Barrera, Lena; Zingg, Walter; Mendez, Fabian; Pittet, Didier

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2010.11.004

Scientific article

English

Effectiveness of a hand hygiene promotion strategy using alcohol-based handrub in 6 intensive care units in Colombia

ContributorsBarrera, Lena; Zingg, Walter; Mendez, Fabian; Pittet, Didier

Published inAmerican journal of infection control, vol. 39, no. 8, p. 633-639

Publication date2011

Abstract

Hand hygiene is an effective strategy for the prevention of health care-associated infection (HAI). We investigated the effect of a hand hygiene promotion strategy introducing alcohol-based handrub (AHBR) on the incidence of HAI in a university hospital in Colombia.

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Alcohols/administration & dosage
Bacteremia/epidemiology/microbiology/prevention & control
Catheterization, Central Venous/adverse effects
Child
Child, Preschool
Cohort Studies
Colombia/epidemiology
Cross Infection/epidemiology/microbiology/prevention & control
Ethanol/administration & dosage
Female
Handwashing/methods/standards
Hospitals, University
Humans
Hygiene/standards
Incidence
Infant
Intensive Care Units
Male
Middle Aged
Program Evaluation
Prospective Studies
Young Adult

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

Staphylocoques dorés résistants à la méthicilline et hygiène hospitalière (330)

Citation (ISO format)

BARRERA, Lena et al. Effectiveness of a hand hygiene promotion strategy using alcohol-based handrub in 6 intensive care units in Colombia. In: American journal of infection control, 2011, vol. 39, n° 8, p. 633–639. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.11.004

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:25480
DOI : 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.11.004
PMID : 21636170

Journal ISSN0196-6553

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Effectiveness of a hand hygiene promotion strategy using alcohol-based handrub in 6 intensive care units in Colombia

Hand hygiene is an effective strategy for the prevention of health care-associated infection (HAI). We investigated the effect of a hand hygiene promotion strategy introducing alcohol-based handrub (AHBR) on the incidence of HAI in a university hospital in Colombia.

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