A pilot study to assess the impact of an educational patient hand hygiene intervention on acquisition of colonization with health care–associated pathogens

Patient hand hygiene is a commonsense measure that has been associated with reductions in colonization or infection with bacterial and viral pathogens in quasi-experimental studies. We conducted a nonblinded pilot randomized trial to assess the impact of an educational patient hand hygiene intervent...

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Published in:American journal of infection control 2019-03, Vol.47 (3), p.334-336
Main Authors: Rai, Herleen, Saldana, Carlos, Gonzalez-Orta, Melany I., Knighton, Shanina, Cadnum, Jennifer L., Donskey, Curtis J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior Therapy - methods
Candida species
Carrier State - prevention & control
Cross Infection - prevention & control
Female
Fluoroquinolone-resistance
Hand Hygiene - methods
Health Education - methods
Hospitals
Humans
Infection Control - methods
Inpatients
Male
Methicillin-resistant
Middle Aged
Staphylococcus aureus
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci
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Summary:Patient hand hygiene is a commonsense measure that has been associated with reductions in colonization or infection with bacterial and viral pathogens in quasi-experimental studies. We conducted a nonblinded pilot randomized trial to assess the impact of an educational patient hand hygiene intervention on acquisition of colonization by selected health care–associated pathogens in hospitalized patients. For patients with negative admission cultures, the intervention did not reduce the new acquisition of colonization by pathogens compared with that of standard care.
ISSN:0196-6553
1527-3296
DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2018.09.004