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Implementation of a new hand hygiene program at our ICU resulted in improved hand hygiene compliance and less CFU on the hands of HCW.
The recent spread of novel swine-like H1N1 influenza in schools in the UK has raised interest in improved hand hygiene.
Thus, more nerve cells can be available for the hand, resulting in improved hand function.
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Most previous studies have reported the contamination of computer interface surfaces by potential pathogens such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) [ 3, 8]and Acinetobacter baumannii [ 9], but few have studied the relationship between contamination of the ward computers and clinical isolates in hospitals with improved hand hygiene compliance and during a non-outbreak period.
However, causal relationships of improved hand function and improvement in grip strength or reduction in pain have yet to be conclusively demonstrated in the literature.
After the suspension of the program in May 2008, the monthly MRSA infection rates in the SICU rapidly resurged and rose to 12‰ in August 2009, despite an improved hand hygiene practice from 16.44 to 21.87 liters per 1,000 patient days.
In addition, a previous study demonstrated that improved hand washing resulted in significantly lower rates of respiratory infection [1].
67 Improved hand hygiene in developed countries has reduced the incidence of oral HSV-1 in childhood, whereas primary genital HSV-1 (acquired during sexual contact) has become more common in the teen years and young adulthood.
In the United Kingdom, interventions such as improved hand hygiene, antibiotic stewardship and screening combined with decolonisation are believed to have set off a steep reduction in reported incidence of health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile infection with peak incidence in 2003/04 and 2007/08 respectively [ 2].
Many studies have been published confirming the link between improved hand hygiene compliance and reduction in MRSA acquisition and infections, including bacteremia.
Firstly, the delay between improved hand hygiene compliance, increased ABHR use and a subsequent decrease in MRSA cross-infection rates has not been well established and remains open to debate.
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