We tested the impact of short hand hygiene training sessions and bed occupancy rates
on the spread of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) using a multivariate time-series analysis. According to our model, bed occupancy
rates within general ward and intensive care unit settings correlated positively with
the incidence of hospital-acquired MRSA, whereas alcohol-based hand rub use and MRSA
showed a negative correlation. Furthermore, our model shows that 2 hand hygiene campaigns
based on short training sessions effected a long-run reduction in the incidence of
hospital-acquired MRSA.
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Published online: March 15, 2010
Footnotes
Supported by the University Medical Center Freiburg, which was supported by Schülke & Mayr GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany, for introduction of coloring and perfume-free alcohol-based hand rub and by the European Commission (Project BURDEN, Project commissioned by DG SANCO, grant agreement No. 2005203; http://www.eu-burden.info) (to K. K. and U. F.) for the research on health and economic impacts of antimicrobial resistance.
A. C. and K. K. contributed equally to this study.
Conflicts of interest: None to report.
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