title: Hand Hygiene Compliance of Healthcare Workers in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
abstract: We conducted an observational study over 11 months to assess the hand-hygiene compliance of health-care workers in a Pediatric intensive care unit. The overall compliance was 80.9%, which decreased with increase in workload (79.2% vs. 82.9%). Assessment of hand hygiene compliance helps understand the gaps in practices followed by healthcare workers, and plan effective protocols.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Microbiology and Pediatrics, AIIMS, New Delhi, India. drshilpa_aiims@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Shilpa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomar
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lodha
authors.forename: Bimal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Arti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kapil
mesh_terms: D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D063373:Hand Hygiene / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*