Despite control efforts, the burden of health-care-associated infections in Europe is high and
leads to around 37 000 deaths each year. We did a systematic review to identify crucial …

Objectives. To assess the prevalence and correlates of compliance and noncompliance with
hand hygiene guidelines in hospital care. Design. A systematic review of studies published …

Health care-associated infections (HAI) are one of the most common adverse events in care
delivery and a major public health problem with an impact on morbidity, mortality and quality …

Health care-associated infections (HAI) are a major public health problem with a significant
impact on morbidity, mortality and quality of life. They represent also an important economic …

Background Printed educational materials are widely used dissemination strategies to
improve the quality of healthcare professionals' practice and patient health outcomes …

Background Health care‐associated infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality.
Hand hygiene is regarded as an effective preventive measure. This is an update of a …

Background Acquisition of a health care–associated infection is a substantial risk to patient
safety. When health care workers comply with hand hygiene guidelines, it reduces this risk …

The purpose of hand hygiene is to break the chain of healthcare-associated infection. In
many countries hand hygiene is regularly audited as part of quality assurance based on …

Proper performance of hand hygiene at key moments during patient care is the most
important means of preventing health care–associated infections (HAIs). With increasing …

Aim Hand hygiene practice is still burdened by inadequate compliance, whether in the
professional sphere by health professionals or in the non-professional sphere by lay …