ArticleThe Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale2022
Improvement of Hand Hygiene Practices among the Healthcare Workers in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Article in The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Impact of targeted infection prevention and control interventions on bloodstream infections and colonization with carbapenem-resistant organisms among hospitalized neonates, Bangladesh, 2023-2024.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2026Article
- Enhancing hand hygiene compliance to reduce healthcare-associated infections in a coronary care unit: a quality improvement initiative in a tertiary hospital in South India.BMJ open quality · 2026Article
- Thirty-one-year trends in diarrheal mortality and disability-adjusted life years attributable to lack of handwashing facilities.Tropical medicine and health · 2026Article
- Improving the Hand Hygiene Compliance Among the Healthcare Personnel in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Study.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Healthcare workers' (HCWs) hands become progressively colonized with potential pathogens during their patient care and act as a vehicle for transmission of microorganisms to other patients. Hand hygiene is undisputedly one of the most effective infection control measures. The objective of this study was to measure the hand hygiene (HH) compliance among the doctors and nurses before and after intervention. Result: The overall compliance to HH was significantly increased in both before (from 42.9 to 83.8%, Conclusion: Significant improvements in HH compliance were achieved through a systemic, multidimensional intervention approach among the doctors and nurses in an intensive newborn care setting.
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