The effect of a patient empowerment hand hygiene programme: a single-centre study in Japan
Summary: The effectiveness of patient participation in hand hygiene (HH) programmes in Japan is unclear. This study examines the effect of a patient empowerment HH programme at a Japanese hospital. Two periods were analysed: January 2020 to November 2020 as the baseline, and December 2020 to April 2...
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| author | Yusuke Watanabe Asami Okugawa Hiroshi Soeda Tomohide Shimodaira Satoko Sato Hiroaki Fujita Takehito Kobayashi Itaru Nakamura Hidehiro Watanabe |
| author_facet | Yusuke Watanabe Asami Okugawa Hiroshi Soeda Tomohide Shimodaira Satoko Sato Hiroaki Fujita Takehito Kobayashi Itaru Nakamura Hidehiro Watanabe |
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| description | Summary: The effectiveness of patient participation in hand hygiene (HH) programmes in Japan is unclear. This study examines the effect of a patient empowerment HH programme at a Japanese hospital. Two periods were analysed: January 2020 to November 2020 as the baseline, and December 2020 to April 2021 as the intervention period. The intervention involved inpatients observing the HH practices of healthcare workers. The average number of HH events per patient-day increased from 23.4 at baseline to 37.3 during the intervention. HH events were positively correlated with the number of patient observations. Patient empowerment programmes may therefore help to improve HH. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a53b7eb21de142ca8fb4e14cc93fcbbb2025-08-20T03:42:56ZengElsevierInfection Prevention in Practice2590-08892025-06-017210045610.1016/j.infpip.2025.100456The effect of a patient empowerment hand hygiene programme: a single-centre study in JapanYusuke Watanabe0Asami Okugawa1Hiroshi Soeda2Tomohide Shimodaira3Satoko Sato4Hiroaki Fujita5Takehito Kobayashi6Itaru Nakamura7Hidehiro Watanabe8Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Centre, Ibaraki, JapanDepartment of Infection Prevention and Control, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Infection Prevention and Control, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Infection Prevention and Control, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Infection Prevention and Control, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Infection Prevention and Control, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Infection Prevention and Control, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Infection Prevention and Control, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; Corresponding author. Addresse: Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 3342 6111x2525; fax: +81 3 5339 3817.Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, JapanSummary: The effectiveness of patient participation in hand hygiene (HH) programmes in Japan is unclear. This study examines the effect of a patient empowerment HH programme at a Japanese hospital. Two periods were analysed: January 2020 to November 2020 as the baseline, and December 2020 to April 2021 as the intervention period. The intervention involved inpatients observing the HH practices of healthcare workers. The average number of HH events per patient-day increased from 23.4 at baseline to 37.3 during the intervention. HH events were positively correlated with the number of patient observations. Patient empowerment programmes may therefore help to improve HH.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590088925000204Hand hygienePatient participationPatient empowermentCOVID-19Multimodal strategy |
| spellingShingle | Yusuke Watanabe Asami Okugawa Hiroshi Soeda Tomohide Shimodaira Satoko Sato Hiroaki Fujita Takehito Kobayashi Itaru Nakamura Hidehiro Watanabe The effect of a patient empowerment hand hygiene programme: a single-centre study in Japan Infection Prevention in Practice Hand hygiene Patient participation Patient empowerment COVID-19 Multimodal strategy |
| title | The effect of a patient empowerment hand hygiene programme: a single-centre study in Japan |
| title_full | The effect of a patient empowerment hand hygiene programme: a single-centre study in Japan |
| title_fullStr | The effect of a patient empowerment hand hygiene programme: a single-centre study in Japan |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of a patient empowerment hand hygiene programme: a single-centre study in Japan |
| title_short | The effect of a patient empowerment hand hygiene programme: a single-centre study in Japan |
| title_sort | effect of a patient empowerment hand hygiene programme a single centre study in japan |
| topic | Hand hygiene Patient participation Patient empowerment COVID-19 Multimodal strategy |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590088925000204 |
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