title: The effect of contact precautions on hand hygiene compliance.
abstract: Hand hygiene is one of the most important interventions to prevent health care-associated infections. We compared hand hygiene compliance among health care workers when patients were in contact precautions to compliance when patients were not in contact precautions. Our study failed to show differences in adherence to hand hygiene practices in the care of contact isolation versus noncontact isolation patients.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sátiro Ribeiro
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Franca
authors.forename: Alexandre R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Marra
authors.forename: Rejane Augusta
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: de Oliveira Figueiredo
authors.forename: Oscar Fernando
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Pavão dos Santos
authors.forename: Júlio Cesar
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Teodoro Ramos
authors.forename: Michael B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Edmond
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D063373:Hand Hygiene; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016635:Universal Precautions / Q000379:methods*