The global hand-sanitizing relay: promoting hand hygiene through innovation

Tartari, Ermira; Pires, D; Bellissimo Rodrigues, Fernando; De Kraker, Marlieke; Borzykowski, T-H; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Pittet, Didier

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2016.11.003

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English

The global hand-sanitizing relay: promoting hand hygiene through innovation

ContributorsTartari, Ermira; Pires, D; Bellissimo Rodrigues, Fernando; De Kraker, Marlieke

; Borzykowski, T-H; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Pittet, Didier

Published inJournal of Hospital Infection, vol. 95, no. 2, p. 189-193

Publication date2017

Abstract

On the 10(th) anniversary of the 'Clean Care is Safer Care' programme, the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety launched the 'Global Hand Sanitizing Relay 2015' (HSRelay). This hospital-wide activity promotes the WHO handrubbing technique to improve hand hygiene (HH) compliance. More than 15,000 healthcare workers (HCWs) from 133 hospitals in 43 countries participated. Between May and September 2015, 14 hospitals submitted pre- and post-event HH compliance data; 57% (8/14) reported a significant increase while others showed minimal or no improvement (average absolute change 9.4%). The HSRelay demonstrated that HCWs were interested in novel strategies to improve HH compliance.

Keywords

Cross Infection/prevention & control
Guideline Adherence
Hand Hygiene/methods
Humans
Infection Control/methods
World Health Organization

Affiliation

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

Research group

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

Citation (ISO format)

TARTARI, Ermira et al. The global hand-sanitizing relay: promoting hand hygiene through innovation. In: Journal of Hospital Infection, 2017, vol. 95, n° 2, p. 189–193. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.11.003

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:99384
DOI : 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.11.003
PMID : 28081910

ISSN of the journal0195-6701

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