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.

Publication

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.

Journal Paper/Review - Jan 10, 2023

Rüfenacht Susanne, Kohler Philipp, Kuhn Rolf, Flury Domenica, Widmer Andreas F, Schlegel Matthias

Citation

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.

Type

Journal Paper/Review (English)

Journal

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2023

Publication Date

Jan 10, 2023

Issn Electronic

1559-6834

Pages

1-4

Brief description/objective

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.