A multifaceted approach to improve hand hygiene practices in the adult intensive care unit of a tertiary-care center

• Main Authors: Hasan M. Al-Dorzi (Author), Amal Matroud (Author), Khaled A. Al Attas (Author), Ahmad I. Azzam (Author), Adel Musned (Author), Brintha Naidu (Author), Tamara Govender (Author), Zandile Yeni (Author), Chinette Abarintos (Author), David White (Author), Hanan Balkhy (Author), Yaseen M. Arabi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: A multidisciplinary team was formed to improve hand hygiene (HH) practices in a tertiary-care ICU. At baseline, an audit revealed that the overall HH compliance was 64% and was significantly lower at night than during the day shift. After implementing a stepwise multifaceted approach that i...