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Since then, more than 120 countries have pledged to improve hand hygiene as a keystone of their national or subnational healthcare-associated infection prevention programmes.
22 23 Hand hygiene is inexpensive and fundamental to infection prevention programmes, and our data provide strong evidence of its value in developing countries.
Over 1200 US hospitals are currently participating in this multifaceted quality improvement programme through On the CUSP: Stop BSI, a national collaborative, and many others are likely using checklists and infection prevention programmes in their ICUs as standard practice.
Given the limitations of an observational study design and the fact that we could not study well-established prevention measures that were already instituted in all hospitals, we would not recommend withdrawing these processes or diverting resources away from C. difficile infection prevention programmes.
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6 HAIs could be prevented by sustained, multifaceted infection prevention and control programmes, including the Hawthorne effect of surveillance.
Surveillance is an essential component of infection prevention and control programmes, aimed at preventing and controlling HCA CRBSI [ 35].
Since 2011 the Commission has sponsored three infection prevention and control programmes; improving hand hygiene compliance, reducing central line associated bacteraemia and surgical site infections.
A focus on education and strict adherence to infection prevention and control programmes are associated with a reduction in CRI rates [ 5].
HCW hand hygiene compliance has long been a primary focus of infection prevention and control programmes, and more recently has captured the attention of governments and patient safety organisations.
This paper details the development and trialing of an infection prevention and control programme evaluation (IPCPE) tool for use in a low- and middle-income (LMI) healthcare setting, the Republic of Kiribati, during 2010.
Evidence-based guidance for national infection prevention and control (IPC) programmes is needed to support national and global capacity building to reduce health-care-associated infection and antimicrobial resistance.
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