Wilcox, MH orcid.org/0000-0002-4565-2868 and Dyche, A (2019) Service evaluation of alcohol release door plates - an addition to hand hygiene. The Journal of hospital infection, 103 (1). e97-e100. ISSN 0195-6701
Abstract
We designed a service evaluation to examine the effect of installation of alcohol-releasing Surfaceskins doorplates on routine alcohol hand gel hygiene use by healthcare workers. There was an approximate doubling increase in healthcare worker use of alcohol hand gel dispensers following the installation of Surfaceskins doorplates in two operating theatre suites. We found no evidence that Surfaceskins doorplates replaced routine hand hygiene. We conclude that these devices represent a useful adjunct to routine hand hygiene practice in healthcare environments, and potentially in other settings (e.g. washrooms, restaurants) where frequent contact with doors could undermine infection prevention practice.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Healthcare Infection Society. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of a paper published in The Journal of hospital infection. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policySL 18/06/2019 2019, Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of a paper published in The Journal of hospital infection. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | hand hygiene; decontamination; environment |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 May 2019 12:35 |
Last Modified: | 07 May 2020 00:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jhin.2019.04.023 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:146317 |
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