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. 2006 Oct;27(10):1128-30.
doi: 10.1086/507967. Epub 2006 Sep 21.

Association between hand hygiene compliance and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevalence in a French rehabilitation hospital

Emmanuelle Girou  1 , Patrick Legrand, Sophan Soing-Altrach, Astrid Lemire, Celine Poulain, Alexandra Allaire, Latifa Tkoub-Scheirlinck, Steeve Ho Tam Chai, Catherine Dupeyron, Catherine-Marie Loche
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Association between hand hygiene compliance and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevalence in a French rehabilitation hospital

Emmanuelle Girou et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Oct.

Abstract

We simultaneously investigated the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and compliance with hand hygiene in the clinical wards of a French rehabilitation hospital. We found that the rate of hand hygiene compliance observed at the patient's bedside was a strong predictor of MRSA prevalence.

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