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Sustained Improvement in Hand Hygiene at a Children's Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jonathan D. Crews ,
Elaine Whaley ,
Dorothy Syblik  and
Jeffrey Starke
Jonathan D. Crews*
Affiliation:
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Elaine Whaley
Affiliation:
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas
Dorothy Syblik
Affiliation:
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas
Jeffrey Starke
Affiliation:
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas
*
Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1102 Bates Street, Suite 1150, Houston, TX 77030 (crews@bcm.edu).
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Abstract

A quality improvement project was conducted to improve hand hygiene at a children's hospital. Interventions included education, performance feedback, an incentive program, and a marketing campaign. There were 9,322 observations performed over a 5-year period. Hospital-wide adherence increased from 39.9% to 97.9%. Adherence of 95% or greater was sustained for over 3 years.

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Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 7 , July 2013 , pp. 751 - 753
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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