Positive deviance: a program for sustained improvement in hand hygiene compliance.

Autor: Marra AR; Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Av. Albert Einstein 627/701, São Paulo, Brazil. alexmarra@einstein.br, Guastelli LR, de Araújo CM, dos Santos JL, Filho MA, Silva CV, Kawagoe JY, Neto MC, dos Santos OF, Edmond MB
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of infection control [Am J Infect Control] 2011 Feb; Vol. 39 (1), pp. 1-5.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.05.024
Abstrakt: Background: There is a paucity of data evaluating whether positive deviance (PD) can sustain improvement in hand hygiene compliance.
Methods: An observational study comparing the effect of PD on compliance with hand hygiene was conducted in two 20-bed step-down units (SDUs) at a private tertiary care hospital. In a 3-month baseline period (April-June 2008), hand hygiene counts were performed by electronic handwashing counters. Between July 1, 2008, and November 30, 2009, (East SDU) and between September 30, 2008, and December 2009 (West SDU), PD was applied in both units.
Results: There was more than a 2-fold difference in the number of alcohol gel aliquots dispensed per month from April 2008 (before PD) to November 2009 (last month in PD) in the East SDU. There was also a 2-fold difference in the number of alcohol gel aliquots dispensed per month from September 2008 (before PD) to December 2009 (last month in PD) in the West SDU. The difference in the rate of health care‒associated infections (HAIs) between the baseline period and 2009 was statistically significant in the East SDU (5.8 vs 2.8 per 1,000 device-days; P = .008) and in the West SDU (3.7 vs 1.7 per 1,000 device-days; P = .023).
Conclusions: PD was responsible for a sustained improvement in hand hygiene in the inpatient setting and was associated with a decrease in the incidence of device-associated HAIs.
(Copyright © 2011 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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