%0 Journal Article
%A Kopsidas, Ioannis
%A De Luca, Maia
%A Bielicki, Julia
%A Blázquez-Gamero, Daniel
%A von Both, Ulrich
%A Ciliento, Gaetano
%A Epalza, Cristina
%A Goycochea Validivia, Walter Alfredo
%A Kolberg, Laura
%A Lutsar, Irja
%A Machaira, Maria
%A Neth, Olaf
%A Oletto, Andrea
%A Tsolia, Maria N
%A Viltrop, Anna-Liisa
%A Zaoutis, Theoklis
%A Spyridis, Nikos
%T Hand Hygiene Compliance Rates in 9 Pediatric Intensive Care Units Across Europe: Results from the Reducing Antimicrobial use and Nosocomial Infections in Kids Network.
%D 2022
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19849
%X 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.
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