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Fuller C, Savage J, Cookson B, et al. National observational study to evaluate the "cleanyourhands" campaign (NOSEC): a questionnaire based study of national implementation. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2015;4:52doi: 10.1186/s13756-015-0077-0.
Fuller, C., Savage, J., Cookson, B., Hayward, A., Cooper, B., Duckworth, G., Michie, S., Jeanes, A., Teare, L., Charlett, A., & Stone, S. P. (2015). National observational study to evaluate the "cleanyourhands" campaign (NOSEC): a questionnaire based study of national implementation. Antimicrobial resistance and infection control, 452. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-015-0077-0
Fuller, Christopher, et al. "National observational study to evaluate the "cleanyourhands" campaign (NOSEC): a questionnaire based study of national implementation." Antimicrobial resistance and infection control vol. 4 (2015): 52. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-015-0077-0
Fuller C, Savage J, Cookson B, Hayward A, Cooper B, Duckworth G, Michie S, Jeanes A, Teare L, Charlett A, Stone SP. National observational study to evaluate the "cleanyourhands" campaign (NOSEC): a questionnaire based study of national implementation. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2015 Nov 23;4:52. doi: 10.1186/s13756-015-0077-0. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26600938; PMCID: PMC4655453.
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Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2015 Nov 23;4:52. doi: 10.1186/s13756-015-0077-0. eCollection 2015.

National observational study to evaluate the "cleanyourhands" campaign (NOSEC): a questionnaire based study of national implementation.

Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

Christopher Fuller, Joanne Savage, Barry Cookson, Andrew Hayward, Ben Cooper, Georgia Duckworth, Susan Michie, Annette Jeanes, Louise Teare, Andre Charlett, Sheldon Paul Stone

Affiliations

  1. University College London, Sheldon Stone, Royal Free Hospital, NW3 2PF. 0207 794 0500, London, UK.
  2. Formerly Health Protection Agency, London, UK.
  3. Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
  4. University College London Hospitals, London, UK.
  5. Mid-Essex NHS Trust, Chelmsford, Essex UK.
  6. Public Health England, London, UK.

PMID: 26600938 PMCID: PMC4655453 DOI: 10.1186/s13756-015-0077-0

Abstract

SETTING: all 189 acute National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in England and Wales (December 2005-June 2008). Six postal questionnaires (five voluntary, one mandatory) were distributed to infection control teams six-monthly from 6 to 36 months post roll-out. Selection and attrition bias were measured.

RESULTS: Response rates fell from 134 (71 %) at 6 months to 82 (44 %) at 30 months, rising to 167 (90 %) for the final mandatory one (36 months). There was no evidence of attrition or selection bias. Hospitals reported widespread early implementation of bedside AHR and posters and a gradual rise in audit. At 36 months, 90 % of respondents reported the campaign to be a top hospital priority, with implementation of AHR, posters and audit reported by 96 %, 97 % and 91 % respectively. Patient empowerment was less successful.

CONCLUSIONS: The study suggests that all campaign components, apart from patient empowerment, were widely implemented and sustained. It supports previous work suggesting that adequate piloting, strong governmental support, refreshment of campaigns, and sufficient time to engage institutions help secure sustained implementation of a campaign's key components. The results should encourage countries wishing to launch coordinated national campaigns for hospitals to participate in the WHO's "Save Lives" initiative, which offers hospitals a similar multi-component intervention.

Keywords: Cleanyourhands campaign; Hand-hygiene; Implementation

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