Evaluating the impact of a hand hygiene campaign on improving adherence.
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.
Dierssen-Sotos
Trinidad
T
Division of Epidemiology and Computational Biology, University of Cantabria School of Medicine, Cantabria, Spain. trinidad.dierssen@unican.es
Brugos-Llamazares
Verónica
V
Robles-García
Mónica
M
Rebollo-Rodrigo
Henar
H
Fariñas-Alvarez
Concepción
C
Antolín-Juarez
Francisco Manuel
FM
Fernandez-Núñez
María Luz
ML
López Marta
de la Cal
de LC
Llorca
Javier
J
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