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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• O'Donnell, Marguerite, RN, BSN, CIC
• Harris, Tony, STNA
• Horn, Terancita, RN, BSN
• Midamba, Blondelle, MS
• Primes, Vickie, BA
• Sullivan, Nancy, RN, MSN
• Shuler, Rosalyn, NP, MSN
• Zabarsky, Trina F., RN, MSN, CIC
• Deshpande, Abhishek, MD, PhD
• Sunkesula, Venkata C.K., MD, MS
• Kundrapu, Sirisha, MD, MS
• Donskey, Curtis J., MD

Titel

Sustained increase in resident meal time hand hygiene through an interdisciplinary intervention engaging long-term care facility residents and staff

Ist Teil von

• American journal of infection control, 2015-02, Vol.43 (2), p.162-164

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Quelle

Access via ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Hand hygiene by patients may prevent acquisition and dissemination of health care–associated pathogens, but limited efforts have been made to engage patients in hand hygiene interventions. In a long-term care facility, we found that residents were aware of the importance of hand hygiene, but barriers, such as inaccessible products or difficult to use products, limited compliance. A dramatic and sustained improvement in meal time hand hygiene was achieved through engagement of staff and residents.