Imperial College London
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MrOliverAnderson

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Honorary Clinical Research Fellow
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 3312 6532oliver.anderson Website

 
 
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1064/5Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Wing (QEQM)St Mary's Campus

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@article{Anderson:2015:10.1016/j.jhin.2015.12.003,
author = {Anderson, O and Hanna, GB},
doi = {10.1016/j.jhin.2015.12.003},
journal = {Journal of Hospital Infection},
pages = {332--336},
title = {Effectiveness of the CareCentre (R) at improving contact precautions: randomized simulation and clinical evaluations},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2015.12.003},
volume = {92},
year = {2015}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - BackgroundBedside hygiene is important to reduce healthcare-associated infection rates. The CareCentre® is an end-of-hospital-bed table, housing: alcohol-based hand rub, gloves, aprons, waste bin, and an ergonomic writing surface.AimTo determine the effectiveness of the CareCentre at improving bedside hygiene.MethodsIn the randomized cross-over simulation evaluation, 20 participants used the CareCentre and standard conditions to perform common bedside tasks. In the randomized cross-over clinical evaluation, nine pairs of acute adult hospital ward bays received CareCentres and standard conditions for one week each. Researchers measured adherence to the World Health Organization's ‘my five moments for hand hygiene’ and donning and disposing of gloves and aprons at the bedside.FindingsAdherence to hand hygiene guidelines improved from 48% to 67% (P = 0.04) in the simulation and from 14% to 40% (P < 0.001) in the clinical evaluation. Donning and disposing of gloves at the bedside improved from 19% to 79% (P < 0.001) in the simulation and from 30% to 65% (P = 0.014) in the clinical evaluation. Donning and disposing of aprons at the bedside improved from 14% to 78% (P < 0.001) in the simulation and from 10% to 53% (P = 0.180) in the clinical evaluation.ConclusionThe CareCentre improved bedside hygiene and might help reduce healthcare-associated infection rates as part of a multimodal strategy.
AU  - Anderson,O
AU  - Hanna,GB
DO  - 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.12.003
EP  - 336
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 1532-2939
SP  - 332
TI  - Effectiveness of the CareCentre (R) at improving contact precautions: randomized simulation and clinical evaluations
T2  - Journal of Hospital Infection
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2015.12.003
VL  - 92
ER  -
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