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Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene. Infection Control Programme.
Oct 14 2000
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Abstract
Hand hygiene prevents cross infection in hospitals, but compliance with recommended instructions is commonly poor. We attempted to promote hand hygiene by implementing a hospital-wide programme, with special emphasis on bedside, alcohol-based hand disinfection. We measured nosocomial infections in parallel.