Cost implications of successful hand hygiene promotion

Pittet, Didier; Sax, Hugo; Hugonnet, Stéphane; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen

doi:10.1086/502389

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Cost implications of successful hand hygiene promotion

ContributorsPittet, Didier; Sax, Hugo; Hugonnet, Stéphane; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen

Published inInfection control and hospital epidemiology, vol. 25, no. 3, p. 264-266

Publication date2004

Abstract

We evaluated the costs associated with a sustained and successful campaign for hand hygiene promotion that emphasized alcohol-based handrubs. The total cost of the hand hygiene promotion corresponded to less than 1% of the costs associated with nosocomial infections. Successful hand hygiene promotion is probably cost-saving.

Keywords

Alcohols/ economics/therapeutic use
Anti-Infective Agents, Local/ economics/therapeutic use
Cross Infection/economics/ prevention & control
Follow-Up Studies
Handwashing/ methods
Health Education/economics
Health Promotion/economics
Humans
Hygiene/economics
Infection Control/ economics/methods
Personnel, Hospital/ education
Switzerland

Affiliation entities

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

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Citation (ISO format)

PITTET, Didier et al. Cost implications of successful hand hygiene promotion. In: Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2004, vol. 25, n° 3, p. 264–266. doi: 10.1086/502389

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PID : unige:7514
DOI : 10.1086/502389
PMID : 15061421

Journal ISSN0899-823X

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