Impact of a hospital-wide hand hygiene initiative on healthcare-associated infections: Results of an interrupted time series

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1019-1026

  Kirkland, Kathryn B ^a,b,c   Homa, Karen A ^b   Lasky, Rosalind A ^b   Ptak, Judy A ^c   Taylor, Eileen A ^c   Splaine, Mark E ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MARKETING; NURSE; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; CATHETER INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEW HAMPSHIRE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84871933110     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-000800     Document Type: Article

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