title: Association between hand hygiene compliance and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevalence in a French rehabilitation hospital.
abstract: We simultaneously investigated the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and compliance with hand hygiene in the clinical wards of a French rehabilitation hospital. We found that the rate of hand hygiene compliance observed at the patient's bedside was a strong predictor of MRSA prevalence.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Contrôle, Epidémiologie et Prévention de l'Infection, Creteil, France. emmanuelle.girou@hmn.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Girou
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Legrand
authors.forename: Sophan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soing-Altrach
authors.forename: Astrid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lemire
authors.forename: Celine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Poulain
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Allaire
authors.forename: Latifa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tkoub-Scheirlinck
authors.forename: Steeve Ho Tam
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dupeyron
authors.forename: Catherine-Marie
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Loche
mesh_terms: D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*