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. 2015 Oct-Dec;30(4):E17-25.
doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000134.

Impact of INICC Multidimensional Hand Hygiene Approach in ICUs in Four Cities in Argentina

Victor D Rosenthal  1 , Mónica Viegas, Daniel Sztokhamer, Guillermo Benchetrit, Beatriz Santoro, Carlos Esteban Lastra, Adriana Romani, Beatriz Marta Alicia Di Núbila, Diana Lanzetta, Leonardo J Fernández, María Adelaida Rossetti, Claudia Migazzi, Clarisa Barolin, Estela Martínez, Claudio Bonaventura, Maria de Los Ángeles Caridi, Adriana Messina, Beatriz Ricci, Luisa C Soroka, María Laura Frías
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Impact of INICC Multidimensional Hand Hygiene Approach in ICUs in Four Cities in Argentina

Victor D Rosenthal et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2015 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

We evaluated the impact of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium multidimensional approach to hand hygiene in 11 intensive care units in 4 cities in Argentina and analyzed predictors of poor hand hygiene compliance. We had a baseline period and a follow-up period. We observed 21 100 hand hygiene opportunities. Hand hygiene compliance increased from 28.3% to 64.8% (P = .0001). Males versus females (56.8% vs 66.4%; P < .001) and physicians versus nurses (46.6% vs 67.8%; P < .001) were significantly associated with poor hand hygiene compliance.

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