Evaluation of the national Cleanyourhands campaign to reduce Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile infection in hospitals in England and Wales by improved hand hygiene: four year, prospective, ecological, interrupted time series study

Stone, S.; Fuller, Christopher; Savage, Jeremy; Cookson, B.; Hayward, Andrew; S. Cooper, Ben; Duckworth, G.; Michie, Susan; Murray, M.; Jeanes, Annette; Roberts, Jennifer; Teare, L.; Charlett, André

doi:10.1136/bmj.e3005

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Evaluation of the national Cleanyourhands campaign to reduce Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile infection in hospitals in England and Wales by improved hand hygiene: four year, prospective, ecological, interrupted time series study

Published in BMJ • May 3, 2012

Authors:

S. Stone

Christopher Fuller

Jeremy Savage

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of the Cleanyourhands campaign on rates of hospital procurement of alcohol hand rub and soap, report trends in selected healthcare associated infections, and investigate the association between infections and procurement. DESIGN: Prospective, ecological, interrupted...

Subject

Hygiene

Medicine

Clostridium difficile

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