ReviewAntimicrobial resistance and infection control2014
The effect of improved hand hygiene on nosocomial MRSA control.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of the Implementation of Intelligent Technology for Hand Hygiene in Hospitals: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Using environmental engineering to increase hand hygiene compliance: a cross-over study protocol.BMJ open · 2017Trial
- Patient Safety Implications of Opportunistic Pathogens and Healthcare-Associated Infections in COVID-19 Patients: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Evaluation of awareness, perceptions, and compliance with infection prevention and control protocols among healthcare professionals at a tertiary hospital in Nasarawa State, Nigeria.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2026Article
- Socioeconomic position and urban environments as drivers of antimicrobial resistance? An ecological study in Germany, 2010 to 2019.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2025Article
- Profiling the resistome and virulome of Bacillus strains used for probiotic-based sanitation: a multicenter WGS analysis.BMC genomics · 2025Article
- Evaluation of multidrug-resistant bacteria and their molecular mechanisms found in small animal veterinary practices in Portugal.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- Food Webs and Feedbacks: The Untold Ecological Relevance of Antimicrobial Resistance as Seen in Harmful Algal Blooms.Microorganisms · 2024Review
- CON: Environmental microbiological surveillance does not support infection control in veterinary hospitals.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2024Article
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Intensive Care and Burn Units: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2023Review
- Potential Use of a Combined Bacteriophage-Probiotic Sanitation System to Control Microbial Contamination and AMR in Healthcare Settings: A Pre-Post Intervention Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- A nudge intervention to improve hand hygiene compliance in the hospital.Internal and emergency medicine · 2022Article
- A review of horses as a source of spreading livestock-associated methicillin-resistantVeterinary world · 2022Review
- Massive Spread of OXA-48 Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in the Environment of a Swiss Companion Animal Clinic.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Pathogen Control in the Built Environment: A Probiotic-Based System as a Remedy for the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance.Microorganisms · 2022Article
- Excess mortality attributable to antimicrobial-resistant bacterial bloodstream infection at a tertiary-care hospital in Indonesia.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Surveillance and prevalence of antimicrobial resistant bacteria from public settings within urban built environments: Challenges and opportunities for hygiene and infection control.Environment international · 2021Review
- Hand Hygiene Evaluation Using Two Different Evaluation Tools and Hand Contamination of Veterinary Healthcare Workers in a Swiss Companion Animal Clinic.Veterinary sciences · 2021Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance.The Journal of hospital infection · 2021Article
- High Prevalence of Methicillin-ResistantTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2021Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this review is to examine studies that have assessed the association between hand hygiene enhancement and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) rates and to explore controversies surrounding this association. Many studies have been published confirming the link between improved hand hygiene compliance and reduction in MRSA acquisition and infections, including bacteremia. These studies have also shown the cost-beneficial nature of these programmes. Despite considerable research some issues remain unanswered still, including the temporal relationship between hand hygiene enhancement strategies and decrease in MRSA rates, association between hand hygiene enhancement and MRSA-related surgical site infections, diminishing effect of hand hygiene compliance on MRSA rates after reaching a threshold and the role of instituting contact precautions in the setting of low MRSA rates and sufficient hand hygiene compliance. In conclusion, enhancement of hand hygiene compliance has been shown to reduce MRSA rates; however, some open issues warrant further investigation.
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