Objective To evaluate the relative efficacy of the World Health Organization 2005 campaign
(WHO-5) and other interventions to promote hand hygiene among healthcare workers in …

Mindfulness practice, where an individual maintains openness, patience, and acceptance
while focusing attention on a situation in a nonjudgmental way, can improve symptoms of …

Previously published guidelines are available that provide comprehensive
recommendations for detecting and preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The …

National evidence-based guidelines for preventing healthcare-associated infections (HCAI)
in National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in England were originally commissioned by the …

Background Care bundles are a set of three to five evidence-informed practices performed
collectively and reliably to improve the quality of care. Care bundles are used widely across …

The World Health Organization's Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care have been
issued by WHO Patient Safety on 5 May 2009 on the occasion of the launch of the Save …

Hand hygiene is a core element of patient safety for the prevention of healthcare-associated
infections and the spread of antimicrobial resistance. Its promotion represents a challenge …

Objective: Assess the association between outcome and the utilization of component
therapies in studies of sepsis bundles. Data Source: Database searches (January 1980 to …

Background It is now widely accepted that the mixed effect and success rates of strategies to
improve quality and safety in health care are in part due to the different contexts in which the …

Background Although hand hygiene is the most effective measure for preventing cross-
infection, overall compliance is poor among health care workers. Objectives To identify and …