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cord-334377-khqvezmu	Ling, Moi Lin	Impact of a hospital-wide hand hygiene promotion strategy on healthcare-associated infections	2012-03-23		.txt	text/plain	1122	83	61	title: Impact of a hospital-wide hand hygiene promotion strategy on healthcare-associated infections BACKGROUND: During the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak, high compliance in healthcare workers to hand hygiene was primarily driven by fear. The WHO multi-prong interventions work in improving compliance and reducing healthcare associated infections. During the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003, a high compliance of close to 90% in healthcare workers to hand hygiene was achieved. The last survey done in November 2010 confirmed that the use of posters have helped to remind staffs and public on the messages of hand hygiene. Healthcare-associated MRSA infections were noted to reduce from 0.6 (2007) to 0.3 (2010) per 1000 patient-days ( Figure 13 ). The use of the WHO multi-prong interventions is successful in improving hand hygiene compliance with concomitant reduction in healthcareassociated infections. Cite this article as: Ling and How: Impact of a hospital-wide hand hygiene promotion strategy on healthcare-associated infections	./cache/cord-334377-khqvezmu.txt	./txt/cord-334377-khqvezmu.txt