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Observational Study
. 2014 Mar;35(3):313-6.
doi: 10.1086/675296. Epub 2014 Jan 31.

The effect of leadership on hand hygiene: assessing hand hygiene adherence prior to patient contact in 2 infectious disease units in Tuscany

Sarah R Lieber  1 , Elisabetta Mantengoli, Sanjay Saint, Karen E Fowler, Carlo Fumagalli, Dario Bartolozzi, Lea Magistri, Fabrizio Niccolini, Alessandro Bartoloni
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Observational Study

The effect of leadership on hand hygiene: assessing hand hygiene adherence prior to patient contact in 2 infectious disease units in Tuscany

Sarah R Lieber et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Mar.

Abstract

We assessed hand hygiene adherence in 2 infectious disease units. In one unit, adherence declined slightly from year 1 (84.2%) to year 4 (71.0%) after a multimodal intervention but remained much higher than before intervention. Adherence dropped in the second unit after a loss of leadership (from 50.7% to 5.7%). Strong leadership presence may improve hand hygiene adherence.

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