ArticleNursing open2023
Action research on promoting hand hygiene practices in an intensive care unit.
Article in Nursing open, 2023. 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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- Hand hygiene knowledge, perception, and self-reported practice among healthcare workers in a tertiary care hospital: a cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Precision Approaches to Carbapenem-Resistant Infections in the ICU: Integrating Diagnostics, Stewardship, and Novel Therapies.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- IoT-Based Hand Hygiene Compliance Monitoring System and Validation of Its Effectiveness in Hospital Environments.Global challenges (Hoboken, NJ) · 2024Article
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Abstract
aimEvaluate the intensive care acquired infections incidence and the change over time in infection practices in one intensive care unit.
designWe used an action research approach with cyclical activities.
methodsOur study included two cycles with hand hygiene observation based on the WHO's five-moments observation tool, observing hand hygiene practices, analysing the observations, and giving feedback on observations, intensive care acquired infection rates, and alcohol-based hand rub consumption. The Revised Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence is the basis for this research report describing research aimed at improving patient safety and quality of care.
resultsDuring the study, annual alcohol-based hand rub consumption increased by 6.7 litres per 1000 patient days and observed hand hygiene compliance improved. In the first cycle of the study, there was a decrease in critical care acquired infection rates, but the improvement was not sustainable.
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