TY - JOUR AU - Sickbert-Bennett, Emily AU - DiBiase, Lauren AU - Willis, Tina Schade AU - Wolak, Eric AU - Weber, David AU - Rutala, William T1 - Reduction of Healthcare-Associated Infections by Exceeding High Compliance with Hand Hygiene Practices T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 9 SP - 1628 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Improving hand hygiene from high to very high compliance has not been documented to decrease healthcare-associated infections. We conducted longitudinal analyses during 2013–2015 in an 853-bed hospital and observed a significantly increased hand hygiene compliance rate (p<0.001) and a significantly decreased healthcare-associated infection rate (p = 0.0066). KW - hand hygiene KW - healthcare-associated infections KW - Clostridium difficile KW - bacteria KW - enteric infections KW - nosocomial infections KW - compliance DO - 10.3201/eid2209.151440 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/9/15-1440_article ER - End of Reference