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, ĀăąĆĉČĎ Ā ā Ă ă Ą ą Ć ć Ĉ ĉ Ċ ċ Č č Ď ď Đ đ Ē ē Ĕ ĕ Ė ė Ę ę Ě ě Ĝ ĝ Ğ ğ Ġ ġ Ģ ģ Ĥ ĥ Ħ ħ Ĩ ĩ Ī ī Ĭ ĭ Į į İ ı Ĳ ĳ Ĵ ĵ Ķ ķ ĸ Ĺ ĺ Ļ ļ Ľ ľ Ŀ ŀ Ł ł Ń ń Ņ ņ Ň ň ŉ Ŋ ŋ Ō ō Ŏ ŏ Ő ő Œ œ Ŕ ŕ Ŗ ŗ Ř ř Ś ś Ŝ ŝ Ş ş Š š Ţ ţ Ť ť Ŧ ŧ Ũ ũ Ū ū Ŭ ŭ Ů ů Ű ű Ų ų Ŵ ŵ Ŷ ŷ Ÿ Ź ź Ż ż Ž ž ſ

Citation

Rüfenacht S, Kohler P, Kuhn R, Flury D, Widmer A, Schlegel M, ĀăąĆĉČĎ Ā. 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.