Impact of a hand hygiene campaign in a tertiary hospital in South Korea on the rate of hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and economic evaluation of the campaign

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• 作者：June Young Chun ; MD^a ; ^b ; ¹ ; Hye Kyung Seo ; RN^c ; ¹ ; Min-Kyung Kim ; MD^a ; ^b ; Myoung Jin Shin ; RN^c ; Su Young Kim ; RN^c ; Moonsuk Kim ; MD^a ; ^b ; Chung-Jong Kim ; MD^a ; ^b ; Kyoung-Ho Song ; MD ; PhD^a ; ^b ; Eu Suk Kim ; MD ; PhD^a ; ^b ; Heeyoung Lee ; MD ; PhD^d ; Hong Bin Kim ; MD ; PhD^a ; ^b ; ^c ; ^{hbkimmd@snu.ac.kr}
• 关键词：Hand hygiene ; Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ; Bacteremia ; Nosocomial infection ; Infection control ; Cost-benefit analysis
• 刊名：American Journal of Infection Control
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：1 December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：44
• 期：12
• 页码：1486-1491
• 全文大小：1178 K
• 卷排序：44

文摘

Improved hand hygiene might reduce nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia incidence rates. By adopting World Health Organization multimodal strategies, hand hygiene compliance rates increased. The hand hygiene campaign significantly reduced nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Implementation of the hand hygiene campaign was cost saving.