Are short training sessions on hand hygiene effective in preventing hospital-acquired MRSA? A time-series analysis

作者：Conrad Andreas^*; Kaier Klaus; Frank Uwe; Dettenkofer Markus

来源：American Journal of Infection Control, 2010, 38(7): 559-561.

DOI：10.1016/j.ajic.2009.10.009

• Alcohol-based hand rub
• bed occupancy rates
• hand hygiene
• MRSA
• time-series analysis

We tested the impact of short hand hygiene training sessions and bed occupancy rates on the spread of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) using a multivariate time-series analysis. According to our model, bed occupancy rates within general ward and intensive care unit settings correlated positively with the incidence of hospital-acquired MRSA, whereas alcohol-based hand rub use and MRSA showed a negative correlation. Furthermore, our model shows that 2 hand hygiene campaigns based on short training sessions effected a long-run reduction in the incidence of hospital-acquired MRSA.

• 出版日期2010-9