Open AccessWorld Health Organization Framework: Multimodal Hand Hygiene Strategy in Piedmont (Italy) Health Care Facilities
Author(s) -
Fabrizio Bert,
Sebastian Giacomelli,
Daniela Ceresetti,
Carla Maria Zotti
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of patient safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1549-8425
pISSN - 1549-8417
DOI - 10.1097/pts.0000000000000352
Subject(s) - hygiene , promotion (chess) , health care , psychological intervention , medicine , nursing , hand washing , business , medical education , pathology , politics , political science , law , economics , economic growth
In 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the "Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework" (HHSAF) to evaluate the level of the application of the Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy (MHHIS), which defines preventive interventions, standards, and tools conceived to improve hand hygiene in healthcare facilities. The aim of our study was to evaluate the implementation of the MHHIS in Piedmont healthcare units in 2014 using the HHSAF document.