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      The global hand-sanitizing relay: promoting hand hygiene through innovation.

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          On the 10(th) anniversary of the 'Clean Care is Safer Care' programme, the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety launched the 'Global Hand Sanitizing Relay 2015' (HSRelay). This hospital-wide activity promotes the WHO handrubbing technique to improve hand hygiene (HH) compliance. More than 15,000 healthcare workers (HCWs) from 133 hospitals in 43 countries participated. Between May and September 2015, 14 hospitals submitted pre- and post-event HH compliance data; 57% (8/14) reported a significant increase while others showed minimal or no improvement (average absolute change 9.4%). The HSRelay demonstrated that HCWs were interested in novel strategies to improve HH compliance.

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          Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J. Hosp. Infect.
          Title: The Journal of hospital infection
          Publisher: Elsevier BV
          ISSN (Electronic): 1532-2939
          ISSN (Print): 0195-6701
          Publication date (Electronic): Feb 2017
          Volume: 95
          Issue: 2
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety - Infection Control & Improving Practices, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland; WHO Infection Prevention and Control Global Unit, Geneva, Switzerland; Infection Control Unit, Mater dei Hospital, Msida, Malta.
          [2 ] Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety - Infection Control & Improving Practices, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Infectious Diseases, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte and Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
          [3 ] Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety - Infection Control & Improving Practices, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
          [4 ] WHO Infection Prevention and Control Global Unit, Geneva, Switzerland.
          [5 ] Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety - Infection Control & Improving Practices, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: didier.pittet@hcuge.ch.
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          Publisher Item ID: S0195-6701(16)30526-6
          DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.11.003
          PubMed ID: 28081910
          SO-VID: dbde1e91-f6e3-49dd-940e-308ce5f16d07
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          Keywords: Alcohol-based hand rub,Behavioural change,Guinness World Record,Hand hygiene,Handrubbing,Patient safety
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          Keywords: Alcohol-based hand rub, Behavioural change, Guinness World Record, Hand hygiene, Handrubbing, Patient safety

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