期刊
JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION
卷 94, 期 1, 页码 48-51出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.05.003
关键词
Hospital-acquired infection; Hand hygiene; Surface contacts
资金
- UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Arup [EP/G029768/1]
- EPSRC [EP/G029768/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/G029768/1] Funding Source: researchfish
This study quantifies the relationship between hand hygiene and the frequency with which healthcare workers (HCWs) touch surfaces in patient rooms. Surface contacts and hand hygiene were recorded in a single-bed UK hospital ward for six care types. Surface contacts often formed non-random patterns, but hygiene before or after patient contact depends significantly on care type (P = 0.001). The likelihood of hygiene correlated with the number of surface contacts (95% confidence interval 1.1-5.8, P = 0.002), but not with time spent in the room. This highlights that a potential subconscious need for hand hygiene may have developed in HCWs, which may support and help focus future hygiene education programmes. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd
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