Meeting
Abstract Number: 160
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: According to CDC estimates, Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAI) account for an estimated 1.7 million infections and 99,000 deaths each year. Studies have shown that using alcohol-based or chlorhexidine-based hand hygiene (HH) is associated with decreased rates of HAIs (1, 2). Nudge theory, a concept in behavioral science, uses positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions to achieve […]
Abstract Number: 172
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: The hands of hospitalists are often the source for transmitting multidrug resistant organisms (MDROs), and as such are the target of numerous hand hygiene interventions. Despite this focus, the prevalence of various MDROs on healthcare personnel (HCP) hands during routine patient care has not been well established. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review to: […]