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| Camargo,Luis Fernando Aranha; Marra,Alexandre Rodrigues; Silva,Cláudia Vallone; Laselva,Cláudia Regina; Moura Junior,Denis Faria; Cal,Ruy Guilherme G.; Yamashita,Maria Aparecida; Knobel,Elias. |
| Although the introduction of alcohol based products have increased compliance with hand hygiene in intensive care units (ICU), no comparative studies with other products in the same unit and in the same period have been conducted. We performed a two-month-observational prospective study comparing three units in an adult ICU, according to hand hygiene practices (chlorhexidine alone-unit A, both chlorhexidine and alcohol gel-unit B, and alcohol gel alone-unit C, respectively). Opportunities for hand hygiene were considered according to an institutional guideline. Patients were randomly allocated in the 3 units and data on hand hygiene compliance was collected without the knowledge of the health care staff. TISS score (used for measuring patient complexity)... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Alcohol gel and chlorhexidine; Hand washing; ICU. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000500003 |
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