Author: Linam, W. Matthew; Marrero, Elizabeth M.; Honeycutt, Michele D.; Wisdom, Christy M.; Gaspar, Anna; Vijayan, Vini
Title: Focusing on Families and Visitors Reduces Healthcare Associated Respiratory Viral Infections in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Document date: 2019_12_16
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Snippet: The hands of family members and visitors may become contaminated with viruses after contact with their secretions or mucous membranes or contact with fomites. [15] [16] [17] There are few studies focused on the hand hygiene behavior of families and visitors. In general, the hand hygiene practices of families and visitors are often poor, with most studies reporting family and visitor hand hygiene (FVHH) as low as 10%. [18] [19] [20] There are few .....
Document: The hands of family members and visitors may become contaminated with viruses after contact with their secretions or mucous membranes or contact with fomites. [15] [16] [17] There are few studies focused on the hand hygiene behavior of families and visitors. In general, the hand hygiene practices of families and visitors are often poor, with most studies reporting family and visitor hand hygiene (FVHH) as low as 10%. [18] [19] [20] There are few studies discussing efforts to improve FVHH, and to our knowledge, no studies show the impact of improved FVHH on HARVIs. 20, 21 Despite successful efforts to improve HCW adherence to basic infection prevention practices, HARVIs continued to account for ~20% of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in our NICU. Given the potential role families and visitors play in the transmission of viruses, we developed a quality improvement (QI) project that aimed to sustainably reduce HARVIs in the NICU by at least 25% by focusing on interrupting transmission by families and visitors.
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