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Hand Hygiene Compliance Rates After an Educational Intervention in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2015
Abstract
An observational study was performed at a level III neonatal intensive care unit to assess the impact of a hand hygiene promotion educational program on rates of compliance with hand hygiene on entrance into the unit. There was an initial improvement in the rate of compliance at 1 month after the intervention (from 89% [168 of 189 opportunities] to 100% [212 of 212 opportunities]; P<.001], but the rate decreased to the baseline rate at 3 months (89% [85 of 96 opportunities]).
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