Impact of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) multidimensional hand hygiene approach in three cities of Colombia

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-73

  Barahona Guzmán, Nayide ^a   Rodríguez Calderón, María Eugenia ^b   Rosenthal, Victor D ^c   Olarte, Narda ^d   Villamil Gómez, Wilmer ^e,f   Rojas, Catherine ^g   Rodríguez Ferrer, Marena ^a   Sarmiento Villa, Guillermo ^a   Lagares Guzmán, Alfredo ^a   Valderrama, Alberto ^d   Menco, Antonio ^e   Arrieta, Patrick ^e,f   Dajud Cassas, Luis Enrique ^f   Mendoza, Mariela ^f   Sabogal, Alejandra ^g   Carvajal, Yulieth ^g   Silva, Edwin ^g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Colombia)

^b Hospital La Victoria   (Colombia)

^c International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium INICC   (Argentina)

^d Hospital El Tunal ESE   (Colombia)

^e Intensive Care Unit   (Colombia)

^f Clínica de la Sabana   (Colombia)

^g Centro Policlinico Olaya   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bundle; Developing countries; Hand hygiene; Intensive care unit; International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium; Multidimensional approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; COLOMBIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; WORKPLACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE;

CITIES; COHORT STUDIES; COLOMBIA; CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84892876946     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.10.021     Document Type: Article

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