HANDWASHING QUALITY - IMPACT OF A SPECIAL PROGRAM

Authors
COIGNARD B GRANDBASTIEN B BERROUANE Y KREMBEL C QUEVERUE M SALOMEZ JL MARTIN G
Citation
B. Coignard et al., HANDWASHING QUALITY - IMPACT OF A SPECIAL PROGRAM, Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 19(7), 1998, pp. 510-513
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Infection control and hospital epidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0899823X
Volume
19
Issue
7
Year of publication
1998
Pages
510 - 513
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-823X(1998)19:7<510:HQ-IOA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
To evaluate the impact of a program on basic handwashing quality, a be fore-after audit was performed in a university hospital. We defined a 13-step protocol to describe a proper basic handwash (BHW). The propor tion of BHW that satisfied this checklist increased significantly, fro m 4.2% before the program to 18.6% after, but these low proportions su ggest that simpler alternatives to BHW should be studied.