RT Journal Article
T1 Hand Hygiene Compliance Rates in 9 Pediatric Intensive Care Units Across Europe: Results from the Reducing Antimicrobial use and Nosocomial Infections in Kids Network.
A1 Kopsidas, Ioannis
A1 De-Luca, Maia
A1 Bielicki, Julia
A1 Blazquez-Gamero, Daniel
A1 von-Both, Ulrich
A1 Ciliento, Gaetano
A1 Epalza, Cristina
A1 Goycochea-Validivia, Walter Alfredo
A1 Kolberg, Laura
A1 Lutsar, Irja
A1 Machaira, Maria
A1 Neth, Olaf
A1 Oletto, Andrea
A1 Tsolia, Maria N
A1 Viltrop, Anna-Liisa
A1 Zaoutis, Theoklis
A1 Spyridis, Nikos
K1 hand hygiene
K1 surveillance
K1 reporting
K1 pediatric intensive care
AB 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.
PB Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19849
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19849
LA en
NO Kopsidas I, De Luca M, Bielicki J, Blázquez-Gamero D, von Both U, Ciliento G, et al. Hand Hygiene Compliance Rates in 9 Pediatric Intensive Care Units Across Europe: Results from the Reducing Antimicrobial use and Nosocomial Infections in Kids Network. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2022 Oct 1;41(10):e434-e437.
DS RISalud
RD Jul 6, 2025