September 2015. Volume 11. Number 3

Hand hygiene: an important and rarely implemented practice

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Kouni S, Kourlaba G, Mougkou K, Maroudi S, Chavela B, Nteli C, et al. Assessment of hand hygiene resources and practices at the 2 children’s hospitals in Greece. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014;33:e247-51.
Reviewers: Aparicio Rodrigo M1, Río-García MD2.
1Centro de Salud Entreví­as. Área 1. Madrid. España.
2Servicio de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos del Hospital Infantil Universitario La Paz. Madrid. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: María Aparicio Rodrigo. Email: maparicio@salud.madrid.org
Reception date: 11/03/2015
Acceptance date: 18/03/2015
Publication date: 01/07/2015

Abstract

Authors’ conclusions: low levels of hand hygiene were observed. It is necessary to undertake future efforts to improve hand hygiene in the children´s hospitals included in this study.

Reviewers’ commentary: this study found low levels of hand hygiene, similar to other published studies. It is necessary to find measures to implement this practice in both, health workers and parents of pediatric patients, and in both cases the same for patients in hospital that for outpatients, to reduce the interpersonal transmission of infectious diseases.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Kouni S, Kourlaba G, Mougkou K, Maroudi S, Chavela B, Nteli C, et al. Assessment of hand hygiene resources and practices at the 2 children’s hospitals in Greece. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014;33:e247-51.
Reviewers: Aparicio Rodrigo M1, Río-García MD2.
1Centro de Salud Entreví­as. Área 1. Madrid. España.
2Servicio de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos del Hospital Infantil Universitario La Paz. Madrid. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: María Aparicio Rodrigo. Email: maparicio@salud.madrid.org
Reception date: 11/03/2015
Acceptance date: 18/03/2015
Publication date: 01/07/2015

How to cite this article

Aparicio Rodrigo M, Río García MD. Higiene de manos, una práctica importante y poco implementada. Evid Pediatr. 2015;11:41.

References

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