Does better hand hygiene really reduce infections?
Since Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis demonstrated that hand hygiene dramatically reduced maternal mortality rates, the healthcare community has understood and recognized that hygiene in general and hand hygiene in particular is the largest vehicle of bacteria transmission in a facility setting. A number of studies, looking at multimodal and electronic monitoring of hand hygiene have outlined the significant decrease in infection rates as a result of improved hand hygiene compliance. You may refer to the following table for more information.
