Compliance with Handwashing in a Teaching Hospital
Annals of Internal MedicinePublished 19 January 1999
Didier Pittet, Philippe Mourouga, Thomas Perneger, and the Members of the Infection Control Program
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Variation across hospital ward and type of health care worker suggests that targeted educational programs may be useful and the association between noncompliance and intensity of care suggests that understaffing may decrease quality of patient care.
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Compliance with handwashing was moderate. Variation across hospital ward and type of health care worker suggests that targeted educational programs may be useful. Even though observational data cannot prove causality, the association between noncompliance and intensity of care suggests that understaffing may decrease quality of patient care.
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