Selected article for: "Hand hygiene and patient isolation"

Author: Lin Huang, G. Khai; Stewardson, Andrew J.; Lindsay Grayson, M.
Title: Back to basics: hand hygiene and isolation
  • Document date: 2014_7_2
  • ID: q4nzhbvt_13
    Snippet: Placing a patient in isolation may have negative effects on the quality of care they receive, and also on their perception of their hospital episode. Although these longitudinal studies demonstrate a temporal relationship between increases in hand hygiene compliance and reductions in hospital acquired infection rates, few controlled, prospective studies have been performed until recently. Two multicentre cluster-randomized trials conducted in lon.....
    Document: Placing a patient in isolation may have negative effects on the quality of care they receive, and also on their perception of their hospital episode. Although these longitudinal studies demonstrate a temporal relationship between increases in hand hygiene compliance and reductions in hospital acquired infection rates, few controlled, prospective studies have been performed until recently. Two multicentre cluster-randomized trials conducted in long-term care facilities in Hong Kong demonstrated the efficacy of multimodal interventions in both improving hand hygiene compliance, and reducing infection rates (respiratory outbreaks or infections requiring hospitalization) [25, 26] .

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