Hospital Hygiene and Safety

We examine factors associated with hand hygiene practices of hospital patients. Hygiene in the hospital decreased compared to that at home, and home practices were strongly associated with hospital practices. Understanding and leveraging the intrinsic value some patients associate with hand hygiene may be important for improving overall hospital hygiene and decreasing healthcare-associated infections.

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Hospital Hygiene

Boston Medical and Surgical Journal ◽

10.1056/nejm187711290972206 ◽

1877 ◽

Vol 97 (22) ◽

pp. 627-630

Keyword(s):

Hospital Hygiene

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Intensified colonisation screening according to the recommendations of the German Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infectious Diseases Prevention (KRINKO): identification and containment of a Serratia marcescens outbreak in the neonatal intensive care unit, Jena, Germany, 2013–2014

Infection ◽

10.1007/s15010-016-0922-y ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 44 (6) ◽

pp. 739-746 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Kristin Dawczynski ◽

Hans Proquitté ◽

Jürgen Roedel ◽

Brigit Edel ◽

Yvonne Pfeifer ◽

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Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Infectious Diseases ◽

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽

Serratia Marcescens ◽

Neonatal Intensive Care ◽

Hospital Hygiene

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Non-microbiological system to improve hospital hygiene in a critical care unit (CCU)

International Journal of Infectious Diseases ◽

10.1016/j.ijid.2016.02.616 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 45 ◽

pp. 278-279

Author(s):

C. Freuler ◽

D. Torres ◽

M. Urquiza ◽

R. Prieto ◽

P. Montero ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Critical Care ◽

Critical Care Unit ◽

Hospital Hygiene ◽

Improve Hospital ◽

Microbiological System

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Infection Control and Hospital Hygiene in Belgium

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ◽

10.1086/645994 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 170-174

Author(s):

Gerald Reybrouck ◽

Raf Mertens

Keyword(s):

Infection Control ◽

Nosocomial Infections ◽

European Countries ◽

Legal Regulations ◽

Hospital Hygiene ◽

Council Of Europe ◽

Member States ◽

Control Policies ◽

Western European ◽

Set Up

In 1972 the Council of Europe, in which most of the Western European countries are represented, adopted a resolution aimed at the improvement of hospital hygiene and the promotion of the prevention of nosocomial infections. The member states were invited to take the required measures, but each country was free to implement the resolution according to its own needs and particularities. In Belgium, the first legal regulations were issued in 1974—every hospital was obliged to set up a committee for hospital hygiene.Although similar regulations were issued in most other member states. the actual infection control policies adopted can vary. This article highlights some of the particularities for Belgium.

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