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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · Mar 2014
Observational StudyThe effect of leadership on hand hygiene: assessing hand hygiene adherence prior to patient contact in 2 infectious disease units in Tuscany.
- Sarah R Lieber, Elisabetta Mantengoli, Sanjay Saint, Karen E Fowler, Carlo Fumagalli, Dario Bartolozzi, Lea Magistri, Fabrizio Niccolini, and Alessandro Bartoloni.
- University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Mar 1;35(3):313-6.
AbstractWe assessed hand hygiene adherence in 2 infectious disease units. In one unit, adherence declined slightly from year 1 (84.2%) to year 4 (71.0%) after a multimodal intervention but remained much higher than before intervention. Adherence dropped in the second unit after a loss of leadership (from 50.7% to 5.7%). Strong leadership presence may improve hand hygiene adherence.
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