title: Evaluating the impact of a hand hygiene campaign on improving adherence.
abstract: We monitored compliance with hand hygiene (HH) by direct observation in 3 hospitals in Cantabria, Spain before and after implementation of an HH informational campaign, separately analyzing the effect of a training program. We report that training plus an informational campaign doubled the probability of HH, whereas the informational campaign without training decreased adherence, acting as a deleterious factor in HH adherence.
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology and Computational Biology, University of Cantabria School of Medicine, Cantabria, Spain. trinidad.dierssen@unican.es
authors.forename: Trinidad
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dierssen-Sotos
authors.forename: Verónica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Brugos-Llamazares
authors.forename: Mónica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Robles-García
authors.forename: Henar
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rebollo-Rodrigo
authors.forename: Concepción
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fariñas-Alvarez
authors.forename: Francisco Manuel
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Antolín-Juarez
authors.forename: María Luz
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Núñez
authors.forename: de la Cal
authors.initials: de LC
authors.lastname: López Marta
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Llorca
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D004493:Education / Q000379:methods*; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006235:Hand Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D013030:Spain