Methods Baseline assemnet made on wound infection rate of 100 patients before the impelemenation of hand hygiene using the WHO accreditted alcohol based hand rub technique. Six monthe after, surgical site wound infection in 100 pateints of similar profile is reaudited. Wound infection is declared if there are clinical signs of wound infection from day 3 on post operative course. Wounds already ...

BACKGROUND Health care associated infections are most commonly transmitted by the hands of Health care workers and other hospital personnel. OBJECTIVE To investigate compliance with hand hygiene guidelines and methods of hand hygiene practice among community health officers in Rivers State Nigeria. METHODS Self administered questionnaires were distributed to 68 community health officers. Th...

Objectives: To evaluate the knowledge attitude and practices of dental assistants regarding hand hygiene cross infection control in public private institutes. Methods: Survey was carried out on 240 subjects working five two institutes using online questionnaires developed by authors, distributed via E-mail WhatsApp. The target population were hygienists. included a confidentiality consent state...

We write to report false-positive results with an alcometer device (Lion S-D2 brand) when it is used in the vicinity of recently applied alcohol disinfectant hand rub. The Orchard Clinic is a medium secure forensic unit set within the grounds of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. The use of an alcometer is essential in the treatment of Scottish government 'restricted' patients or if there is suspici...

Methods A national surveillance HI system was implemented since 2006 and prospective surveillance is performed using NNISS criteria. The system is mandatory, data are recorded online and sent to the Ministry of Health. Data are audited annually, results are published each year and recommendations were made. Interventions were: alcohol hand rub, alcoholic chlorhexidine for skin antisepsis and ma...

BACKGROUND Healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) are still a major problem especially in most intensive care units (ICU). Incompliance by clinical staff with hand hygiene (HH) increases rates of preventable infections. We report the outcome of the Belgian national hand hygiene campaign from 2005 to 2015 with focus on intensive care units. METHODS Using the World Health organisation (WHO) st...

We administered a web-based questionnaire to SHEA, APIC, and EIN members to assess the frequency of fires associated with alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) dispensers in healthcare settings. None of the 798 responding facilities using ABHRs reported a dispenser-related fire; 766 facilities had accrued an estimated 1,430 hospital-years of ABHR use.

We assessed cutaneous adverse reactions (CARs) to alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) after the introduction of a hand hygiene culture change program at our institution. CARs were infrequent among exposed health care workers (HCWs) (13/2,750; 0.47%; 1 CAR per 72 years of HCW exposure) and were not influenced by the duration or intensity of ABHR use but were associated with the presence of irritant co...

BACKGROUND Limited data describe the sustained impact of hand hygiene programs (HHPs) implemented in teaching hospitals, where the burden of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is high. We use a quasi-experimental, before and after, study design with prospective hospital-wide surveillance of HAIs to assess the cost effectiveness of HHPs. METHODS AND FINDINGS A 4-year hospital-wide HHP, wi...

BACKGROUND Surgical hand rub and healthy skin are basic requirements to prevent surgical site infections. Nevertheless, there is little knowledge about the current practice of skin protection and/or skin care products (SP/SC) using among surgeons as well as a lack of data pertaining to the influence of SP/SC on the antimicrobial efficacy of surgical hand rub. METHODS A 10 weeks-survey among G...