Is compliance with hand disinfection in the intensive care unit related to work experience?

Danilo Teixeira Noritomi; Marialuisa Chierego; Bauduin Byl; Nicola Menestrina; Tiziana Carollo; Marc Struelens; Jean Louis Vincent

doi:10.1086/512173

Is compliance with hand disinfection in the intensive care unit related to work experience?

Danilo Teixeira Noritomi, Marialuisa Chierego, Bauduin Byl, Nicola Menestrina, Tiziana Carollo, Marc Struelens, Jean Louis Vincent

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Abstract

The performance of hand disinfection by staff in a 31-bed department of intensive care was monitored. During 32 hours of observation, 727 opportunities for hand disinfection were observed, and the compliance rate was 27.9%. The level of work experience was not correlated with hand disinfection compliance rates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	362-364
Number of pages	3
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	28
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/512173
Publication status	Published - Mar 2007

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Microbiology (medical)
Immunology

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author = "Noritomi, {Danilo Teixeira} and Marialuisa Chierego and Bauduin Byl and Nicola Menestrina and Tiziana Carollo and Marc Struelens and Vincent, {Jean Louis}",

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