TY - JOUR
T1 - Handwashing adherence by visitors is poor
T2 - Is there a simple solution?
AU - Willison-Parry, Theodore
AU - Haider, Elizabeth
AU - Martini, Gino
AU - Coates, Anthony
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - Available evidence suggests that handwashing adherence by visitors to hospital clinics is poor. In this investigation, an audit of 180 people showed that handwashing adherence by visitors to a hospital clinic was 25%, which was very low. Our active method to encourage handwashing led to a marked improvement in adherence from 25% to 68%, increasing to 77% for longer term visitors to the clinic (significance, P < .0001).
AB - Available evidence suggests that handwashing adherence by visitors to hospital clinics is poor. In this investigation, an audit of 180 people showed that handwashing adherence by visitors to a hospital clinic was 25%, which was very low. Our active method to encourage handwashing led to a marked improvement in adherence from 25% to 68%, increasing to 77% for longer term visitors to the clinic (significance, P < .0001).
U2 - 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.01.023
DO - 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.01.023
M3 - Article
SN - 0196-6553
VL - 41
SP - 928
EP - 929
JO - American Journal of Infection Control
JF - American Journal of Infection Control
IS - 10
ER -