Impact of the first hand sanitizing relay world record on compliance with hand hygiene in a hospital.
Staff of a large hospital in Hong Kong attempted and set the first Guinness World Record for the most participants in a hand sanitizing relay in May 2014. After this event, average compliance with hand hygiene increased from 72% (95% CI, 70%-74%) in 2013 to 85% (95% CI, 83%-87%) in June-July 2014, and the conceptual understanding of good hand hygiene practices improved.
Department of Pathology, Hong Kong Baptist Hospital, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
Wing Hong
WH
Seto
School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong. Electronic address: bcowling@hku.hk.
Benjamin J
BJ
Cowling
Infection Control Unit, Hong Kong Baptist Hospital, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
Christina W Y
CW
Cheung
Infection Control Unit, Hong Kong Baptist Hospital, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
Cindy Y Y
CY
Wong
Infection Control Unit, Hong Kong Baptist Hospital, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
Patricia T Y
PT
Ching
Infection Control Programme and World Health Association Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
Didier
D
Pittet
Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong Baptist Hospital, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
Raymond C I
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Chen
D019983:Guideline Adherence; D063373:Hand Hygiene / Q000379:methods*; D006723:Hong Kong; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans
Hand hygiene; Health care–associated infections; Infection control; Promotional activities