TY - JOUR AU - Fuller, Christopher AU - Savage, Joanne AU - Cookson, Barry AU - Hayward, Andrew AU - Cooper, Ben AU - Duckworth, Georgia AU - Michie, Susan AU - Jeanes, Annette AU - Teare, Louise AU - Charlett, Andre AU - Stone, Sheldon Paul PY - 2015 DA - 2015/11/23 TI - National observational study to evaluate the “cleanyourhands” campaign (NOSEC): a questionnaire based study of national implementation JO - Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control SP - 52 VL - 4 IS - 1 AB - The number of national hand-hygiene campaigns has increased recently, following the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) “Save Lives: clean your hands” initiative (2009), which offers hospitals a multi-component hand-hygiene intervention. The number of campaigns to be evaluated remains small. Most evaluations focus on consumption of alcohol hand rub (AHR). We are not aware of any evaluation reporting implementation of all campaign components. In a previously published report, we evaluated the effects of the English and Welsh cleanyourhands campaign (2004–8) on procurement of AHR and soap, and on selected healthcare associated infections. We now report on the implementation of each individual campaign component: provision of bedside AHR, ward posters, patient empowerment materials, audit and feedback, and guidance to secure institutional engagement. SN - 2047-2994 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-015-0077-0 DO - 10.1186/s13756-015-0077-0 ID - Fuller2015 ER -