Hand Hygiene Compliance Rates in 9 Pediatric Intensive Care Units Across Europe: Results from the Reducing Antimicrobial use and Nosocomial Infections in Kids Network. Issue 10 (29th July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kopsidas, Ioannis; De Luca, Maia; Bielicki, Julia; Blázquez-Gamero, Daniel; von Both, Ulrich; Ciliento, Gaetano; Epalza, Cristina; Goycochea Validivia, Walter Alfredo; Kolberg, Laura; Lutsar, Irja; Machaira, Maria; Neth, Olaf; Oletto, Andrea; Tsolia, Maria N.; Viltrop, Anna-Liisa; Zaoutis, Theoklis; Spyridis, Nikos
• Is Part Of: Pediatric infectious disease journal. Volume 41:Issue 10(2022)
• Page Start: e434
• Page End: e437
• Publication Date: 2022-07-29
• Subjects: hand hygiene -- surveillance -- reporting -- pediatric intensive care; Communicable diseases in children -- Periodicals; Infection in children -- Periodicals; 618.929
• DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003658
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0891-3668

Abstract

Abstract : A unified surveillance mechanism for hand hygiene and hospital-acquired infections for pediatric wards is lacking in Europe. We managed to setup such a mechanism in 9 pediatric intensive care units in 7 European countries, using World Health Organization's definitions and common methodology which allows for benchmarking among units and countries. Median hand hygiene compliance was found high 82.3% (interquartile range 71.6–94.5%), but gaps in practices were identified.