Influence of signal colored hand disinfectant dispensers on hand hygiene compliance at a medical intensive care unit

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作者
Scheithauer, Simone [1 ,2 ]
Haefner, Helga [1 ]
Schroeder, Joerg [3 ]
Nowicki, Katharina [1 ]
Lemmen, Sebastian [1 ]
机构
[1] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Univ Hosp Aachen, Cent Inst Infect Control & Infect Dis, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
[2] Univ Med Gottingen, Cent Inst Infect Control & Infect Dis, Gottingen, Germany
[3] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Univ Hosp Aachen, Dept Med 1, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
关键词
Compliance; Hand hygiene; Infection control; Novel technologies;
D O I
10.1016/j.ajic.2014.05.021
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
To assess the influence of signal colors on hand disinfectant dispenser activities, health care workers (HCWs) at a medical intensive care unit were analyzed for a total of 20 weeks with 8 weeks before and 12 weeks after exchange to signal color. No significant increase in hand rubs (HRs) per patient day (PD) was observed (about 40 HRs/PD); however, HCW-adjusted compliance showed a 6% increase with signal colored devices. Therefore, colored devices may help to improve hand hygiene compliance. Copyright (C) 2014 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:926 / 928
页数:3
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