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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.

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 10.01.2023

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Rüfenacht S, Kohler P, Kuhn R, Flury D, Widmer A, Schlegel M. 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. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2023:1-4.
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Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)
Zeitschrift
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2023
Veröffentlichungsdatum
10.01.2023
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1559-6834
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1-4
Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

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.