OBJECTIVE To control nosocomial transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in resource-limited healthcare setting with high endemicity. METHODS Three phases of infection control interventions were implemented in a University-affiliated hospital between 1-January-2004 and 31-December-2012. The first phase of baseline period, defined as the first 48-months of the study p...

Microbiology Research Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, 7 University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. Department of Clinical Microbiology, 8 School of Medicine, University of Dublin, Trinity College, St. James’s Hospital, James’s St., 9 Dublin 8, Ireland. National MRSA Reference Laboratory, St. James’s Hospital, James’s St., 10 Dublin 8, Irelan...

Sustain Good Hand Hygiene Performance Lisa L. Maragakis, MD, MPH; Polly Trexler, MS, CIC; Redonda Miller, MD; Hanan Aboumatar, MD; Bria Graham, MPH; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD; Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; General Internal Medic...

Background Improving hand hygiene in hospitals is the most efficient method to prevent healthcare-associated infections. The behavior of hospital patients and visitors not well-researched, although they pose a risk for transmission pathogens. Therefore, present study had three aims: (1) Finding suitable theoretical model explain patients’ visitors’ practice; (2) Identifying important predictors...

Microbiology Research Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, 7 University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. Department of Clinical Microbiology, 8 School of Medicine, University of Dublin, Trinity College, St. James’s Hospital, James’s St., 9 Dublin 8, Ireland. National MRSA Reference Laboratory, St. James’s Hospital, James’s St., 10 Dublin 8, Irelan...

1, Department of Internal Medicine of Nephrology, En Chu Kong Hospital, Taipei County, Taiwan 2, Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, National Taiwan University College of Public Health, Taipei, Taiwan 3, School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei County, Taiwan 4, Department of Pediatrics, Taipei City Hospital, Zhongxiao Branch, Taipei, Taiwan 5, Department of...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW To review the most recently published literature on hand hygiene practices in healthcare settings. RECENT FINDINGS Adherence with recommendations for hand hygiene remains low, but key factors of noncompliance have been identified and corrective actions proposed. Current guidelines recommend the use of alcohol-based handrub formulations as the new standard of care, thus requi...

OBJECTIVES The study aims are twofold. First, to investigate the suitability of hand hygiene as an indicator of accreditation outcomes and, second, to test the hypothesis that hospitals with better accreditation outcomes achieve higher hand hygiene compliance rates. DESIGN A retrospective, longitudinal, multisite comparative survey. SETTING Acute public hospitals in New South Wales, Austral...

1 Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clı́nic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain, 2 Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 3 Centre for Tropical Diseases (CTD), Sacro Cuore Hospital, Verona, Italy, 4 Hospital for Tropical Diseases London UK National Institute for Health Research University Co...