Hand Hygiene Compliance Rates in 9 Pediatric Intensive Care Units Across Europe: Results from the Reducing Antimicrobial use and Nosocomial Infections in Kids Network.

Kopsidas, IoannisDe Luca, MaiaBielicki, JuliaBlázquez-Gamero, Danielvon Both, UlrichCiliento, GaetanoEpalza, CristinaGoycochea Validivia, Walter AlfredoKolberg, LauraLutsar, IrjaMachaira, MariaNeth, OlafOletto, AndreaTsolia, Maria NViltrop, Anna-LiisaZaoutis, TheoklisSpyridis, Nikos2023-05-032023-05-032022-07-29http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19849A 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.enAnti-Infective AgentsChildCross InfectionGuideline AdherenceHand DisinfectionHand HygieneHumansInfection ControlIntensive Care UnitsIntensive Care Units, PediatricHand Hygiene Compliance Rates in 9 Pediatric Intensive Care Units Across Europe: Results from the Reducing Antimicrobial use and Nosocomial Infections in Kids Network.research article35939607open access10.1097/INF.00000000000036581532-0987https://journals.lww.com/pidj/Fulltext/2022/10000/Hand_Hygiene_Compliance_Rates_in_9_Pediatric.22.aspx