医护人员的手经常充当患者之间生物体传播的载体,并且也是具有抗微生物剂抗性的病原体的主要储库。手卫生是减少医疗保健相关感染的有效策略之一。这项研究的目的是（a）比较手部卫生依从性高和低以及酒精手擦使用频率高和低的医院的手部卫生成本；（b）检查医院特征与手部卫生依从性以及酒精手擦使用频率之间的关联。护理和医疗保健政策领导者应寻找促进持续遵守手部卫生建议的方法。
Hands of health care personnel frequently serve as vectors for the transmission of organisms between patients and are also a major reservoir for pathogens with antimicrobial resistance. Hand hygiene is one effective strategy to reduce health care associated infections. The purposes of this study were to (a) compare the costs of hand hygiene in hospitals with high and low hand hygiene compliance as well as high and low frequency of alcohol hand rub use; and (b) examine associations between hospital characteristics and hand hygiene compliance as well as frequency of alcohol hand rub use. Nursing and health care policy leaders should look for ways to promote sustained adherence to hand hygiene recommendations.
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