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Hand Hygiene: Staff-Driven Approach Leads to Success
American Journal of Infection ControlVol. 34Issue 5E60–E61Published in issue: June, 2006- K. Micklow
- M. Morris
- P. Markazi
- D. Borton
- J. Zuckerman
Cited in Scopus: 0ISSUE: Since Ignaz Semmelweis first demonstrated the effectiveness of hand hygiene in reducing instances of puerperal sepsis, hand hygiene has been the key concept in reducing the transmission of organisms. Despite the availability of hand sanitizers in the hallways and reminders by Infection Control personnel, compliance with hand hygiene at our institution was similar to trends of low hand hygiene compliance as reported nationally. PROJECT: In 2004, the Infection Control Department, in conjunction with Quality Management, initiated a hospital wide hand hygiene campaign, whose goal was to improve staff compliance with hand hygiene.
