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The effect of contact precautions on hand hygiene compliance
Journal article   Peer reviewed

The effect of contact precautions on hand hygiene compliance

Sátiro Ribeiro Franca, Alexandre R Marra, Rejane Augusta de Oliveira Figueiredo, Oscar Fernando Pavão dos Santos, Júlio Cesar Teodoro Ramos and Michael B Edmond
AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control, Vol.41(6), pp.558-559
06/2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.08.010
PMID: 23266382

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Abstract

Hand hygiene is one of the most important interventions to prevent health care-associated infections. We compared hand hygiene compliance among health care workers when patients were in contact precautions to compliance when patients were not in contact precautions. Our study failed to show differences in adherence to hand hygiene practices in the care of contact isolation versus noncontact isolation patients.
Nurse call system Health care workers Contact isolation Alcohol hand rub Electronic handwash counter

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