Handwashing quality: impact of a special program.
To evaluate the impact of a program on basic handwashing quality, a before-after audit was performed in a university hospital. We defined a 13-step protocol to describe a proper basic handwash (BHW). The proportion of BHW that satisfied this checklist increased significantly, from 4.2% before the program to 18.6% after, but these low proportions suggest that simpler alternatives to BHW should be studied.
Service d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Lille, France. bcoignard@univ-lille2.fr
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D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D005602:France; D006235:Hand Disinfection / Q000592:standards; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000193:education