Evaluation of the national Cleanyourhands campaign to reduce Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile infection in hospitals in England and Wales by improved hand hygiene: Four year, prospective, ecological, interrupted time series study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7858, 2012, Pages

  Stone, Sheldon Paul ^a   Fuller, Christopher ^b   Savage, Joan ^b   Cookson, Barry ^c   Hayward, Andrew ^b   Cooper, Ben ^c,d   Duckworth, Georgia ^c   Michie, Susan ^e   Murray, Miranda ^c   Jeanes, Annette ^f   Roberts, J ^g   Teare, Louise ^h   Charlett, Andre ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SOAP; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLEANYOURHANDS CAMPAIGN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; BACTEREMIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS; TIME;

ALCOHOLS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTEREMIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; ENGLAND; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOAPS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 84861497721     PISSN: 17561833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e3005     Document Type: Article

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