TY - JOUR
T1 - Improvement of adherence to hand hygiene practice using a multimodal intervention program in a neonatal intensive care
AU - Van Den Hoogen, Agnes
AU - Brouwer, Annemieke J.
AU - Verboon-Maciolek, Malgorzata A.
AU - Gerards, Leo J.
AU - Fleer, André
AU - Krediet, Tannette G.
PY - 2011/1/1
Y1 - 2011/1/1
N2 - Nosocomial infections are serious complications among preterm infants admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICU). Hand hygiene is one of the most effective measures to prevent these infections. This study, performed in a tertiary level NICU, highlights the importance of a multimodal intervention program for adherence to hand hygiene. The compliance with hand hygiene among health careworkers of the NICU increased significantly from23% in the baseline assessment to 50% in the second assessment and the incidence of sepsis decreased from 13.4% to 11.3% after implementation of an intervention program.
AB - Nosocomial infections are serious complications among preterm infants admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICU). Hand hygiene is one of the most effective measures to prevent these infections. This study, performed in a tertiary level NICU, highlights the importance of a multimodal intervention program for adherence to hand hygiene. The compliance with hand hygiene among health careworkers of the NICU increased significantly from23% in the baseline assessment to 50% in the second assessment and the incidence of sepsis decreased from 13.4% to 11.3% after implementation of an intervention program.
KW - Hand hygiene
KW - Health care workers
KW - Neonatal care
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85028096331&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e3181ea86e9
DO - 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e3181ea86e9
M3 - Article
C2 - 20588193
AN - SCOPUS:79953109461
SN - 1057-3631
VL - 26
SP - 22
EP - 29
JO - Journal of Nursing Care Quality
JF - Journal of Nursing Care Quality
IS - 1
ER -