title: Beginning the journey of hand hygiene compliance monitoring at a 2,100-bed tertiary hospital in Vietnam.
abstract: As part of the first hospital-wide hand hygiene campaign at Hue General Hospital, Vietnam, we audited hand hygiene compliance following health care worker education and the introduction of alcohol-based handrub. Alcohol-based handrub was chosen more frequently than plain soap and water (83% and 17%, respectively; P = .0001). Hand hygiene compliance averaged 47% (1,310 actions/2,813 opportunities; 95% confidence interval: 45%-48%) with markedly different rates among departments, ranging from 5% to 69% (P = .0001).
authors.affiliation: UNSW Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salmon
authors.affiliation: Hue Central Hospital, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Huu Luyen
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.affiliation: Hue Central Hospital, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Dức Phú
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Bùi
authors.affiliation: Infection Control Program and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pittet
authors.affiliation: UNSW Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: m.mclaws@unsw.edu.au.
authors.forename: Mary-Louise
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: McLaws
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004501:Education, Medical; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D063373:Hand Hygiene / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D014744:Vietnam
keywords: Adherence; Alcohol-based handrub; Handwashing; Promotion campaign