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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Hand hygiene compliance"”.
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Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance to Reduce CLABSI Rate in Oncology ICU
… in ICU to assess adherence to the facility’s hand hygiene (HH) protocol among the staff nurses and allied healthcare workers. The facility is best known as a non-profit cancer treatment center and designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Evidence showed that hand hygiene is the most …
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Hand hygiene compliance in the intensive care unit of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Hospital, South Africa
… infections (HAIs) in healthcare facilities and hand hygiene is the cornerstone of all IPC practices. Despite the effectiveness of IPC in the management of HAIs, its adoption in veterinary medicine has been limited. Additionally, there is paucity of data on IPC practices in veterinary medicine. …
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Rankų higienos reikalavimų laikymosi vertinimas palaikomojo gydymo ir slaugos ligoninėse /
Background. Hand hygiene is the most important measure to prevent the spread of hospital infections in healthcare institutions, but low hand rub consumption in supportive treatment and nursing (ST&N) hospitals reflects inadequate hand hygiene in these hospitals. The aim of the study: To assess hand …
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Developing and Evaluating Effective Interventions to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infection in A Resource-Limited Hospital in Thailand
… countries is poorly quantified. Moreover, hand hygiene compliance (amongst the most effective control measures) is often low and high quality research into how to improve it is largely lacking outside high income settings. I aimed to: I) describe the burden and trends in healthcare …
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Epidemiology of Hospital Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in A Veterans Affairs Medical Center Spinal Cord Injury Unit: Fiscal Years 2008-2011
… BMI, LOS, MRSA colonization, and quarterly hand hygiene compliance. The patient population was described using appropriate univariate descriptive statistics and crude odd ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) calculated. The most common sources of infection for cases were ulcer …
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Hand hygiene barriers and facilitators in Vietnam
… The applicability of the globally-accepted hand hygiene guidelines in Vietnam is questionable due to vast differences in available resources and unique contextual challenges. Hand hygiene compliance barriers in Vietnam therefore need to be identified to assist in adapting guidelines and …
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Improving Compliance in the Use of Catheter Kit Supplied Hand Sanitizer Prior to the Insertion of an Indwelling Urinary Catheter
… operating room (OR) department do not perform hand hygiene prior to insertion of an indwelling urinary catheter. This performance improvement project aims to educate all OR staff nurses on the practice of hand hygiene prior to the insertion of an indwelling urinary catheter by using the hand …
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Διερεύνηση της συμμόρφωσης των επαγγελματιών υγείας στην υγιεινή των χεριών
… CINAHL και Google Scholar με τις λέξεις κλειδιά “hand hygiene”, “hand hygiene compliance”, “health care measurement” και “healthcare professionals”, για το χρονικό διάστημα 2015–2025. Η επιλογή των μελετών έγινε βάσει προκαθορισμένων κριτηρίων ένταξης και αποκλεισμού. Τελικά συμπεριλήφθηκαν 14 …
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The role of patient involvement in the promotion of hand hygiene among nurses in the hospital setting
… role of patient involvement in the promotion of hand hygiene among nurses in the hospital setting. Methods: This qualitative PhD thesis is comprised of two studies; focus group discussions with nurses and interviews with patients. In the first study, focus group discussions (n = 7) were completed …
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Rotavirusine infekcija sergančių vaikų slauga /
… (80,7 pct) indicated that personal and hand hygiene compliance is a major risk factor for developing rotavirus infection. Only small part (13,6 pct) thought, that rotavirus infection can be caught while sneezing and coughing. Most parents (63,6 pct) didn’t know, that once rotavirus is …