Computer screen saver hand hygiene information curbs a negative trend in hand hygiene behavior.
Background: Appropriate hand hygiene among health care workers is the most important infection prevention measure; however, compliance is generally low. Gain-framed messages (ie, messages that emphasize the benefits of hand hygiene rather than the risks of noncompliance) may be most effective, but h...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Infection Control Vol. 40; no. 10; pp. 951 - 955 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Dec2012
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104394886&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104394886 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 01966553 44Q jtl: American Journal of Infection Control issn: 01966553 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2012 vid: 40 iid: 10 pid: 467 pub: Elsevier B.V. place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 104394886 83875522 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.12.003 NLM22418603 104394886 ppf: 951 ppct: 4 formats: tig: atl: Computer screen saver hand hygiene information curbs a negative trend in hand hygiene behavior. aug: au: Helder, Onno K. Weggelaar, Anne Marie Waarsenburg, Daniël C.J. Looman, Caspar W.N. van Goudoever, Johannes B. Brug, Johannes Kornelisse, René F. affil: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands sug: subj: Handwashing Education Handwashing Trends Cross Infection Prevention and Control Professional Compliance Computer-Assisted Instruction Staff Development Multidisciplinary Care Team Education Intensive Care, Neonatal Computer Terminals Time Series Intensive Care Units, Neonatal Handwashing Equipment and Supplies Netherlands Comparative Studies Hospitals, Pediatric Protocols kappa Statistic Power Analysis Linear Regression Pretest-Posttest Design Data Analysis Software Infant, Newborn Human Descriptive Statistics Infant, Newborn: birth-1 month ab: Background: Appropriate hand hygiene among health care workers is the most important infection prevention measure; however, compliance is generally low. Gain-framed messages (ie, messages that emphasize the benefits of hand hygiene rather than the risks of noncompliance) may be most effective, but have not been tested. Methods: The study was conducted in a 27-bed neonatal intensive care unit. We performed an interrupted time series analysis of objectively measured hand disinfection events. We used electronic devices in hand alcohol dispensers, which continuously documented the frequency of hand disinfection events. In addition, hand hygiene compliance before and after the intervention period were directly observed. Results: The negative trend in hand hygiene events per patient-day before the intervention (decrease by 2.3 [standard error, 0.5] per week) changed to a significant positive trend (increase of 1.5 [0.5] per week) after the intervention (P < .001). The direct observations confirmed these results, showing a significant improvement in hand hygiene compliance from 193 of 303 (63.6%) observed hand hygiene events at pretest to 201 of 281 (71.5%) at posttest. Conclusions: We conclude that gain-framed messages concerning hand hygiene presented on screen savers may improve hand hygiene compliance. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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