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Multidisciplinary Hand Hygiene Factors in Hospitals

Excerpt: A study by Tromp et al1 concluded that “Our multifaceted hand hygiene improvement program resulted in a sustained improvement of hand hygiene knowledge and compliance in nurses as well as physicians.” However, the support for the conclusions is weak because of a number of drawbacks. These drawbacks would inhibit the application of those conclusions in health care. The first drawback is the absence of a control group and, secondly, the contradictions in the data, as explained below.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-8734
Date01 September 2012
CreatorsBerger, Brittany A., Glenn, L. Lee
PublisherDigital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
Source SetsEast Tennessee State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceETSU Faculty Works

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