Saving time and resources: Observational research to support adoption of a hand hygiene promotion campaign

Michael Mackert; Allison Lazard; Ming Ching Liang; Amanda Mabry; Sara Champlin; Stephanie Stroever

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2015.02.020

Saving time and resources: Observational research to support adoption of a hand hygiene promotion campaign

Michael Mackert, Allison Lazard, Ming Ching Liang, Amanda Mabry, Sara Champlin, Stephanie Stroever

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Abstract

Hand hygiene is the most effective way to prevent the spread of health care-associated infections, but many facilities may not have the resources or expertise to develop their own hand hygiene promotion campaign. This observational study demonstrated that a campaign developed for 1 facility could successfully contribute to behavior change at another, unrelated facility. It serves as a model and evidence that health care facilities can successfully adopt hand hygiene promotion campaigns developed and validated at other facilities.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	656-658
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	43
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.02.020
State	Published - Jun 1 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Health communication
Health promotion campaign
Message design
Social marketing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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