Hand Hygiene Compliance in Pediatric Emergency of a Lower-Middle Income Country: A Quality Improvement Study

• Main Authors: Suresh Kumar Angurana (Author), Pooja Chetal (Author), Richa Mehta (Author), Renu Suthar (Author), Venkataseshan Sundaram (Author), Ranjana Singh (Author), Rupinder Kaur (Author), Harinder Kaur (Author), Manisha Biswal (Author), Praveen Kumar (Author), Muralidharan Jayashree (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundProspective data on hand hygiene compliance in pediatric emergency department (PED) settings is limited. We studied the impact of quality improvement measures on the overall and health care personnel wise hand hygiene compliance rates in a busy PED.MethodsThe baseline hand hygiene complian...