Hand hygiene multimodal strategy and the decrease on central line-associated bloodstream infection in a Brazilian neonatal intensive care unit

Rosana Richtmann ,Km Gama,Aco Filhiolino,Tatiane Rodrigues ,Gabriela Alves Pereira ,C Dealmeida Silva,Lívio Dias

doi:10.1186/2047-2994-4-s1-p155

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Hand hygiene (HH) is the most important strategy to reduce healthcare associated infection. Central line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is the most frequent and severe infection in the Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

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Hand hygiene (HH) is the most important strategy to reduce healthcare associated infection
In this work we describe the impact of World Health Organization (WHO) multimodal strategy implementation on the Central line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) incidence in the Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
The commitment of a multiprofessional HH team was determinant to our outcome

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Hand hygiene (HH) is the most important strategy to reduce healthcare associated infection. Hand hygiene multimodal strategy and the decrease on central line-associated bloodstream infection in a Brazilian neonatal intensive care unit R Richtmann*, G Pereira, T Rodrigues, ACO Filhiolino, KM Gama, C Dealmeida Silva, L Dias From 3rd International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC 2015) Geneva, Switzerland.

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