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Assessment of Healthcare Professionals' Adherence to Hand Hygiene After Alcohol-Based Hand Rub Introduction at an Intensive Care Unit in São Paulo, Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Solange L. Santana ,
Guilherme H. C. Furtado ,
Ana Paula Coutinho  and
Eduardo A. S. Medeiros
Solange L. Santana*
Affiliation:
Comissāo de Epidemiologia Hospitalar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Guilherme H. C. Furtado
Affiliation:
Comissāo de Epidemiologia Hospitalar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Ana Paula Coutinho
Affiliation:
Comissāo de Epidemiologia Hospitalar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Eduardo A. S. Medeiros
Affiliation:
Comissāo de Epidemiologia Hospitalar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
*
Rua Napoleāo de Barros, 690 2° andar Vila Clementino, 04024-020, São Paulo, SP, Brazil (solsan@gmail.com)
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Abstract

We analyzed the impact of introducing an alcohol-based hand gel and an educational program on hand hygiene adherence among healthcare workers in an intensive care unit. Adherence to hand hygiene was significantly higher after the intervention for the night shift work period (P = .001), among nursing assistants (P = .001), among nurses (P = .007) on weekend days (P = .016), and for invasive procedures (P = .012).

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , March 2007 , pp. 365 - 367
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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