Low compliance with alcohol gel compared with chlorhexidine for hand hygiene in ICU patients: results of an alcohol gel implementation program

Although the introduction of alcohol based products have increased compliance with hand hygiene in intensive care units (ICU), no comparative studies with other products in the same unit and in the same period have been conducted. We performed a two-month-observational prospective study comparing th...

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Main Authors: Luis Fernando Aranha Camargo, Alexandre Rodrigues Marra, Cláudia Vallone Silva, Cláudia Regina Laselva, Denis Faria Moura Junior, Ruy Guilherme G. Cal, Maria Aparecida Yamashita, Elias Knobel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000500003&lng=en&tlng=en