The purpose of this document is to highlight practical recommendations to assist acute-care hospitals in prioritization and implementation of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene. This document updates the Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals through Hand Hygiene, published in 2014. This expert guidance document is sponsored by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology (SHEA). It is the product of a collaborative effort led by SHEA, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, the American Hospital Association, and The Joint Commission, with major contributions from representatives of a numbe...
A number of core practices are recommended by CDC and considered standards of care and/or accepted p...
Abstract Since the publication of "A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated ...
This document introduces and explains common implementation concepts and frameworks relevant to heal...
Previously published guidelines have provided comprehensive recommendations for detecting and preven...
Previously published guidelines provide comprehensive recommendations for hand hygiene in healthcare...
The Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings provides health-care workers (HCWs) with a re...
The Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings provides health-care workers (HCWs) with a re...
The Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings provides health-care workers (HCWs) with a re...
Since the publication of "A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in ...
Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) are a major source of morbidity and mortality and are the s...
Previously published guidelines are available that provide comprehensive recommendations for detecti...
The purpose of this paper is to use evidence based recommendations to develop a best practice protoc...
Healthcare workers' hands are the most common vehicle for the transmission of healthcare-associated ...
textabstractHealthcare associated infections (HAI) are a threat to the health of people requiring ac...
[[abstract]]Adherence to good hand hygiene (HH) practices is the cornerstone for preventing healthca...
A number of core practices are recommended by CDC and considered standards of care and/or accepted p...
Abstract Since the publication of "A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated ...
This document introduces and explains common implementation concepts and frameworks relevant to heal...
Previously published guidelines have provided comprehensive recommendations for detecting and preven...
Previously published guidelines provide comprehensive recommendations for hand hygiene in healthcare...
The Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings provides health-care workers (HCWs) with a re...
The Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings provides health-care workers (HCWs) with a re...
The Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings provides health-care workers (HCWs) with a re...
Since the publication of "A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in ...
Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) are a major source of morbidity and mortality and are the s...
Previously published guidelines are available that provide comprehensive recommendations for detecti...
The purpose of this paper is to use evidence based recommendations to develop a best practice protoc...
Healthcare workers' hands are the most common vehicle for the transmission of healthcare-associated ...
textabstractHealthcare associated infections (HAI) are a threat to the health of people requiring ac...
[[abstract]]Adherence to good hand hygiene (HH) practices is the cornerstone for preventing healthca...
A number of core practices are recommended by CDC and considered standards of care and/or accepted p...
Abstract Since the publication of "A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated ...
This document introduces and explains common implementation concepts and frameworks relevant to heal...