Open AccessImpact of an interventional program on improving compliance of hand hygiene and reducing hospital-acquired infection in the critical care unit
Author(s) -
J Estaire Gutiérrez,
Aladeen Alloubani,
Mohammad Alzaatreh,
M. Garcia Marí,
Laila AkhuZaheya
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/jgid.jgid_147_20
Subject(s) - medicine , hygiene , infection control , intensive care unit , health care , emergency medicine , intervention (counseling) , nursing , intensive care medicine , pathology , economics , economic growth
This study aimed to determine the effect of a hand hygiene (HH) and awareness campaign on knowledge and compliance with HH practices among health-care workers working staff in the main intensive care units and also to evaluate the rates of hospital-acquired infection (HAI) before and after the intervention.