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Improvement of Hand Hygiene Quality and Compliance Using Bioburden Measurement and Online Feedback in Germany

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2016

Frank Günther ,
Kai Rudolph ,
Uwe Frank  and
Nico T. Mutters
Frank Günther*
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
Kai Rudolph
Affiliation:
Corporate Communications, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Uwe Frank
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
Nico T. Mutters
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
*
Address correspondence to Frank Günther, MD, Department of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany (frank.guenther@med.uni-heidelberg.de).
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Abstract

To improve compliance with hand hygiene, a novel method with inclusion of an online reporting system was developed, comprising measurement of total hand bioburden, anonymous online feedback, and onsite training. The intervention significantly improved both compliance and quality of hand hygiene and reduced Staphylococcus aureus incidence.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;1–4

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , January 2017 , pp. 119 - 122
Copyright
© 2016 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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