title: The effect of leadership on hand hygiene: assessing hand hygiene adherence prior to patient contact in 2 infectious disease units in Tuscany.
abstract: We assessed hand hygiene adherence in 2 infectious disease units. In one unit, adherence declined slightly from year 1 (84.2%) to year 4 (71.0%) after a multimodal intervention but remained much higher than before intervention. Adherence dropped in the second unit after a loss of leadership (from 50.7% to 5.7%). Strong leadership presence may improve hand hygiene adherence.
authors: University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
authors: Sarah R
authors: SR
authors: Lieber
authors: Elisabetta
authors: E
authors: Mantengoli
authors: Sanjay
authors: S
authors: Saint
authors: Karen E
authors: KE
authors: Fowler
authors: Carlo
authors: C
authors: Fumagalli
authors: Dario
authors: D
authors: Bartolozzi
authors: Lea
authors: L
authors: Magistri
authors: Fabrizio
authors: F
authors: Niccolini
authors: Alessandro
authors: A
authors: Bartoloni
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D063373:Hand Hygiene / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D007857:Leadership; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data