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
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.