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Editor, Senior Moderator
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
. 2023 Jan 10;1-4.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.308. Online ahead of print.
Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the adherence to hand hygiene practice in hospitals-Data from a Swiss national surveillance system
Susanne Rüfenacht[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Philipp Kohler[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rolf Kuhn[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Domenica Flury[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Andreas F Widmer[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Matthias Schlegel[SUP] 1 [/SUP]; Swissnoso
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Abstract
In >100,000 observations across Swiss acute-care hospitals, hand hygiene (HH) adherence significantly increased during the first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) wave. However, despite persisting COVID-19 activity, HH adherence returned to prepandemic levels over a 2-year observation period. These results indicate that training and support remains challenging.
. 2023 Jan 10;1-4.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.308. Online ahead of print.
Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the adherence to hand hygiene practice in hospitals-Data from a Swiss national surveillance system
Susanne Rüfenacht[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Philipp Kohler[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rolf Kuhn[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Domenica Flury[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Andreas F Widmer[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Matthias Schlegel[SUP] 1 [/SUP]; Swissnoso
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- PMID: 36624690
- DOI: 10.1017/ice.2022.308
Abstract
In >100,000 observations across Swiss acute-care hospitals, hand hygiene (HH) adherence significantly increased during the first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) wave. However, despite persisting COVID-19 activity, HH adherence returned to prepandemic levels over a 2-year observation period. These results indicate that training and support remains challenging.