Campaign fatigue was evident in a large hospital in Hong Kong when hand hygiene compliance
remained just above 50% after 4 years of aggressive and varied promotional activities.
A new innovative strategy was developed that directly involved the infection control
link nurses both in formulating the strategy and in implementing the various proposed
programs. The new strategy was successful in increasing hand hygiene compliance to
83%.
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Published online: July 25, 2013
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© 2013 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
