Impact of an educational intervention on hand hygiene compliance and infection rate in a developing country neonatal intensive care unit
| Autor: | Rekha Brar, Viswas Chhapola |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Hand washing Neonatal intensive care unit Inservice Training media_common.quotation_subject Developing country India Hygiene Intensive care Intervention (counseling) Intensive Care Units Neonatal medicine Humans Hand Hygiene Intensive care medicine Developing Countries General Nursing media_common Cross Infection business.industry Nosocomial infection control Infection rate Controlled Before-After Studies Practice Guidelines as Topic Guideline Adherence business |
| Zdroj: | International journal of nursing practice. 21(5) |
| ISSN: | 1440-172X |
| Popis: | Nosocomial infections are a significant problem in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and hand hygiene (HH) has been stated as an effective mean to prevent spread of infections. The aim of study was to assess the baseline compliance HH practices and to evaluate the impact of hand washing educational programme on infection rate in a NICU. Continuous surveillance of nosocomial infections was done. A total of 15,797 and 12 ,29 opportunities for HH were observed in pre-intervention and postintervention phases, respectively. Compliance of health-care workers for all HH opportunities combined was 46% before intervention and improved significantly to 69% in postintervention (RR 1.49, CI 1.46-1.52, P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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