Hand Hygiene Compliance Rates in 9 Pediatric Intensive Care Units Across Europe: Results from the Reducing Antimicrobial Use and Nosocomial Infections in Kids Network

Kopsidas, Ioannis; De Luca, Maia; Bielicki, Julia; Blazquez-Gamero, Daniel; Both, Ulrich von; Ciliento, Gaetano; Epalza, Cristina; Validivia, Walter Alfredo Goycochea; Kolberg, Laura; Lutsar, Irja; Machaira, Maria; Neth, Olaf; Oletto, Andrea; Tsolia, Maria N.; Viltrop, Anna-Liisa; Zaoutis, Theoklis und Spyridis, Nikos (2022): Hand Hygiene Compliance Rates in 9 Pediatric Intensive Care Units Across Europe: Results from the Reducing Antimicrobial Use and Nosocomial Infections in Kids Network. In: Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Bd. 41, Nr. 10, E434-E437

Abstract

A unified surveillance mechanism for hand hygiene and hospital-acquired infections for pediatric wards is lacking in Europe. We managed to setup such a mechanism in 9 pediatric intensive care units in 7 European countries, using World Health Organization's definitions and common methodology which allows for benchmarking among units and countries. Median hand hygiene compliance was found high 82.3% (interquartile range 71.6-94.5%), but gaps in practices were identified.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 0891-3668
• Sprache: Englisch