Association Between Hand Hygiene Compliance and Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Prevalence in a French Rehabilitation Hospital

We simultaneously investigated the prevalence of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and compliance with hand hygiene in the clinical wards of a French rehabilitation hospital. We found that the rate of hand hygiene compliance observed at the patient’s bedside was a strong predictor o...

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Published in:	Infection control and hospital epidemiology Vol. 27; no. 10; pp. 1128 - 1130
Main Authors:	Girou, Emmanuelle, Legrand, Patrick, Soing‐Altrach, Sophan, Lemire, Astrid, Poulain, Céline, Allaire, Alexandra, Tkoub‐Scheirlinck, Latifa, Chai, Steeve Ho Tam, Dupeyron, Catherine, Loche, Catherine‐Marie
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Thorofare, NJ The University of Chicago Press 01-10-2006 Slack
Subjects:	Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Concise Communication Epidemiology. Vaccinations France - epidemiology General aspects Hand - microbiology Hospital admissions Hospital units Hospitals, Special Human bacterial diseases Humans Hygiene Infection control Infections Infectious diseases Linear regression Medical sciences Methicillin Resistance Miscellaneous Nursing Patient compliance Personnel, Hospital Prevalence Prospective Studies Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Rehabilitation facilities Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification Y2K France Europe Prevalence Compliance Epidemiology Hand Infection Bacteriosis Rehabilitation(human) Bacteria Micrococcales Micrococcaceae Hospital Staphylococcal infection Hygiene Public health Staphylococcus aureus
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Summary:	We simultaneously investigated the prevalence of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and compliance with hand hygiene in the clinical wards of a French rehabilitation hospital. We found that the rate of hand hygiene compliance observed at the patient’s bedside was a strong predictor of MRSA prevalence.
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ISSN:	0899-823X 1559-6834
DOI:	10.1086/507967