Hand Hygiene Compliance Rates in 9 Pediatric Intensive Care Units Across Europe: Results from the Reducing Antimicrobial use and Nosocomial Infections in Kids Network.
Ioannis KopsidasMaia De LucaJulia BielickiDaniel Blázquez-GameroUlrich von BothGaetano CilientoCristina EpalzaWalter Alfredo Goycochea ValidiviaLaura KolbergIrja LutsarMaria MachairaOlaf NethAndrea OlettoMaria N TsoliaAnna-Liisa ViltropTheoklis ZaoutisNikos SpyridisPublished in: The Pediatric infectious disease journal (2022)
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.
Keyphrases
- intensive care unit
- healthcare
- public health
- primary care
- staphylococcus aureus
- mechanical ventilation
- emergency department
- drug resistant
- acinetobacter baumannii
- multidrug resistant
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- childhood cancer
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- acute respiratory distress syndrome