title: A Randomized Trial to Determine the Impact of an Educational Patient Hand-Hygiene Intervention on Contamination of Hospitalized Patient's Hands with Healthcare-Associated Pathogens.
abstract: We conducted a non-blinded randomized trial to determine the impact of a patient hand-hygiene intervention on contamination of hospitalized patients' hands with healthcare-associated pathogens. Among patients with negative hand cultures on admission, recovery of pathogens from hands was significantly reduced in those receiving the intervention versus those receiving standard care. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:595-597.
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Medicine,Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine,Cleveland,Ohio.
authors.forename: Venkata C K
authors.initials: VCK
authors.lastname: Sunkesula
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Medicine,Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine,Cleveland,Ohio.
authors.forename: Sirisha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kundrapu
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Nursing,Louis Stokes Veterans' Affairs Medical Center,Cleveland,Ohio.
authors.forename: Shanina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Knighton
authors.affiliation: 4Research Service,Louis Stokes Veterans' Affairs Medical Center,Cleveland,Ohio.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Cadnum
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Medicine,Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine,Cleveland,Ohio.
authors.forename: Curtis J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Donskey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology; D006235:Hand Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D063373:Hand Hygiene / Q000379:methods; D064548:Hand Sanitizers / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008875:Middle Aged; D009820:Ohio; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs
chemical_list: D064548:Hand Sanitizers; D000431:Ethanol