Effects of the implementation of a hand hygiene education program among ICU professionals: an interrupted time-series analysis.
Diana Marcela Prieto RomeroMaycon de Moura ReboredoEdimar Pedrosa GomesCristina Martins CoelhoMaria Aparecida Stroppa de PaulaLuciene Carnevale de SouzaFernando Antônio Basile ColugnatiBruno do Valle PinheiroPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2019)
Our findings indicate that a hand hygiene education program can increase hand hygiene compliance among ICU professionals, although it appears to have no impact on VAP incidence, duration of MV, or mortality.